直ります（なおります、naorimasu）
- to be fixed (intransitive)

The Japanese verb 直ります, pronounced なおります (na-o-ri-masu), primarily means "to be fixed," "to be repaired," "to get better," or "to recover." It describes a state of something being restored to its original or a functional condition, either physically or in terms of health or a situation. The subject of the verb is usually the thing that is being fixed or recovering. The meaning can vary based on context. 直ります emphasizes a passive change or the result of an action, rather than the action itself.

⚫︎ 時計が直りました。 Translation: The watch is fixed. ⚫︎ 病気が直りました。 Translation: The illness got better (I recovered). ⚫︎ 壊れたパソコンが直りました。 Translation: The broken computer was repaired.

⚫︎ You use 直ります when something that was broken, malfunctioning, or in a bad state returns to a working or healthy state. ⚫︎ This verb is usually used for something that has been passively changed, or as a result of something else. ⚫︎ It is often used in the polite form, 直りました, as indicated in the examples. This is suitable for most conversational situations. ⚫︎ In casual conversation, the plain form, 直る (naoru) is used. ⚫︎ When you're talking about someone's health, 直ります is used to indicate that someone has recovered.

⚫︎ The word is typically written in kanji as 直ります, but can be written in hiragana as な直ります. ⚫︎ The base form is 直る (naoru). ⚫︎ The polite form, as seen in the examples, is 直ります (naorimasu) and past tense 直りました (naorimashita). ⚫︎ The suffix hiragana, "り" (ri), in the okurigana, is consistent.

⚫︎ 修理されます (shūri saremasu): This verb is used to say "to be repaired". It is more focused on the act of repairing. ⚫︎ 治ります (naorimasu): This also means "to get better" or "to heal," but specifically for health. ⚫︎ 回復します (kaifuku shimasu): To recover (from illness or a difficult situation).

⚫︎ 壊れます (kowaremasu): To break, to be broken. ⚫︎ 悪化します (akkashimasu): To get worse.

このカメラはもう直りましたか？ ・Translation: Has this camera been fixed already? ・Explanation: The question is asking whether the camera is in a fixed state.

風邪が直りました。 ・Translation: I got over my cold. ・Explanation: This sentence indicates recovery from a cold.

The verb 直る is derived from the adjective 直い (naoi), meaning "straight" or "correct." This root suggests the idea of something becoming "straight" again, or "correct" after being in a flawed or broken state. The "ri" in 直ります is a verb ending indicating a change of state.