Word Meaning 直言居士

ちょくげんこじ chokugenkoji

直言居士 is read as ちょくげんこじ (chokugenkoji) and means straight shooter.

Meaning

English

  1. straight shooter
  2. frank person
  3. person who tells it like it is

Reading

Kana

ちょくげんこじ

Romaji

chokugenkoji

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 37028 Priority F

Related Vocabulary

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一言居士

いちげんこじ

person who is ready to comment on every subject

居士

こじ

grhapati (layman; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix)

慎重居士

しんちょうこじ

very cautious person

直言

ちょくげん

straight talk

率直に言って

そっちょくにいって

frankly speaking

武士に二言なし

ぶしににごんなし

a samurai never goes back on his word

武士に二言はない

ぶしににごんはない

a samurai never goes back on his word

居直る

いなおる

to sit upright

言直し

いいなおし

restating

言直す

いいなおす

to correct oneself

正直言って

しょうじきいって

to be honest

居直り強盗

いなおりごうとう

burglary turned robbery (i.e. when the burglar is detected)