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治る (なおる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

治なおる

な

お

る

Common wordJLPTN4Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

get better; recover; be cured; heal

Intransitive; describes a person or body part recovering from illness or injury. The subject is the thing that heals, not the person treating it.

風邪かぜが治なおるまでゆっくり休やすんでください。
Please rest well until your cold gets better.
骨こっ折せつ

は

三さん

ヶか

月げつ

で

治なお

っ

た

。

The broken bone healed in three months.

Written forms

治なおるUsage90%
Standard kanji spelling for recovery from illness or injury.
なおるUsage10%
直なおる
Used when something broken or wrong is fixed or corrected, though 治る is more common for health.

Kanji

治reign, be at peace, calm down

Similar words

治なおす
治す is the transitive counterpart meaning 'to cure' or 'to heal' someone or something. 治る is intransitive and describes the recovery itself.
直なおる
直る is often used for mechanical or abstract things being fixed or corrected, while 治る is typically for health and medical recovery.

Etymology

The verb 治る (なおる) is a native Japanese word. The kanji 治 carries meanings of 'govern', 'regulate', and 'heal', and is used here for recovery from illness. The reading なおる is shared with 直る, and the two are historically related, both deriving from the idea of returning to a normal or correct state.