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正直なところ (しょうじきなところ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

正しょう直じきなところ

Meanings

1

expression, adverb

honestly speaking; to be frank; in all honesty

Used as a sentence adverb to preface a candid or potentially blunt statement. Common in both casual and formal speech.

正しょう直じきなところ、その計けい画かくには反はん対たいです。
To be honest, I'm against that plan.
正しょう直じきなところ、あまり美味おいしくない。
Frankly, it doesn't taste very good.

Written forms

正しょう直じきなところ
Standard spelling; the kana ところ is more common in this phrase.
正しょう直じきな所ところ
Kanji spelling 所 is also used but less frequent in this expression.

Kanji

正correct, justice, righteous
直straightaway, honesty, frankness
所

place, extent

Similar words

正しょう直じき
正直 is an adjective/noun meaning 'honest' or 'honesty'. 正直なところ is a fixed adverbial phrase meaning 'honestly speaking'.
実じつは
実は also means 'actually' or 'as a matter of fact', but it often reveals a hidden truth, while 正直なところ emphasizes the speaker's frank opinion.

Etymology

From 正直 (honest) + な (attributive) + ところ (place/point), literally 'at the honest point', used idiomatically as 'honestly speaking'.