素す直なお
Meanings
Adjective (な)
Noun
1. obedient; meek; docile; unaffected
If you just go home quietly, we won't do anything to you.
2. honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
Should I honestly say what I've been thinking?
3. straight (e.g. hair)
My daughter's hair is straight, so it's easy to tie up.
4. without peculiarity; without mannerisms; standard; neat (e.g. handwriting)
The singing used to be plainer, without all the mannerisms.
Kanji used
elementary
straight
Pitch accent
す
なお
Top 900
Composed of
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
(arch.) straight; ordinary; common; doing nothing
Examples (34 in total)
I meekly lowered my head.
Huh, you're being awfully obedient.
Good, you're a nice obedient kid.
I honestly felt proud.
He is an extremely frank person.
He writes in a neat, plain hand.
She was at once frank and honest.
Tom is refreshing, honest and a good young man.
Frankly speaking, you made a mistake.
Should I honestly say what I've been thinking?
Frankly speaking, he is untrustworthy.
My daughter's hair is straight, so it's easy to tie up.
If you don't honestly say what you are thinking, there is nothing to be done.
Though bewildered, this time I obediently held out my arm.
The singing used to be plainer, without all the mannerisms.
I honestly admire that kind of nerve.
I was honestly moved that you said that.
So I gave in and enjoyed a daytime beer to my heart's content.
I envy straight hair without any waves.
If you just go home quietly, we won't do anything to you.
Even so, there is a part of me that cannot honestly accept it.
Since it was not something that needed to be kept hidden, I frankly confessed.
It looked like an ordinary book with a very plain title.
I appreciate you honestly sharing your doubts; it helps us too.
There's no point hiding it, so, unusually for me, I honestly confess.
Tom felt Mary wasn't being sincere.
Rather than overthinking it, let's express our honest feelings.
I just said what I honestly thought, and they snapped at me just like that.
That was my honest impression when I was ordered to undertake this mission.
You just need to honestly write down what happened in the past.
If you think straightforwardly, this button is about the only means of operation.
It was probably the first time he had ever sincerely apologized to someone else.
After a long, long silence, he meekly offered words of apology.
It seems things will go more smoothly if I just do as she says here.