まっすぐ

まっすぐ
adverb, na-adjective
straight
descriptive
1. straight, directly
In a direct line without curves or turns. Can describe physical direction or going somewhere without detours.
まっすぐ行(い)ってください。
Please go straight.
まっすぐ家(いえ)に帰(かえ)ります。
I'm going straight home.
まっすぐ立(た)ってください。
Please stand up straight.
この道(みち)をまっすぐ歩(ある)くと、駅(えき)があります。
If you walk straight along this road, there's a station.
線(せん)をまっすぐに引(ひ)くのは難(むずか)しいです。
It's difficult to draw a straight line.
2. upright, honest
Describing a person's character as straightforward and honest.
まっすぐな人(ひと)です。
They're an honest person.
彼(かれ)はまっすぐな性格(せいかく)です。
He has an honest personality.
自分(じぶん)の気持(きも)ちをまっすぐに伝(つた)えた。
I told them honestly how I felt.
彼女(かのじょ)はまっすぐな目(め)で私(わたし)を見(み)ました。
She looked at me with honest eyes.
まっすぐな心(こころ)で生(い)きていきたいです。
I want to live with an honest heart.

まっすぐ describes something straight (without curves) or someone honest and direct.

Forms

  • Adverb: まっすぐ行(い)く (go straight)
  • Na-adjective: まっすぐな道(みち) (straight road)
  • With に: まっすぐに (straightforwardly)

COMMON COLLOCATIONS (physical):

Usage

Writing

Can be written 真(ま)っ直(す)ぐ, but hiragana is standard.

Related Words

Compare: 曲(ま)がる (to turn, to bend)
Synonym: 正直(しょうじき) (honest, frank (sense 2))
Compare: 斜(なな)め (diagonal, slanted)
Related: 真(ま)ん中(なか) (center, middle)
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Added 2026.1.7 21:41 · Revised 2026.10.5 22:48
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