治る, isnt't this the word for "repair, fix"?

posted by Dorayakiko March 28, 2013 at 3:51am

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Nico_Yacuzzi
治る:
1: to be cured; to get well; to be healed;
2: to get mended; to be repaired; to be fixed.
As far as Iknow, the difference between them is that 治る is intransitive, while 直す is transitive.
March 28, 2013 at 11:22am
mog86uk
直る/治る both read なおる, and 直す/治す both read なおす.
Using either kanji would seem to give exactly the same meaning. I guess there may be a preferable kanji to use in both cases, or maybe people often used the incorrect ones and now both are accepted, idk.

The two kanji have different meanings; but, there is still only one なおる verb and only one なおす verb, as far as I can tell.
March 28, 2013 at 12:54pm
Dorayakiko
oh thanks
I sort of got mixed up!
March 29, 2013 at 5:43am