()(なお)

たてなおす
verb (godan)
to rebuild; to reconstruct
他動詞 transitivebuildingchange
See also: ()(なお) (rebuild, restore)
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present()(なお)()(なお)さない
Present polite()(なお)します()(なお)しません
Past()(なお)した()(なお)さなかった
Past polite()(なお)しました()(なお)しませんでした
て form()(なお)して()(なお)さなくて
ている present()(なお)している()(なお)していない
ている polite()(なお)しています()(なお)していません
ている past()(なお)していた()(なお)していなかった
ている past polite()(なお)していました()(なお)していませんでした
Conditional ば()(なお)せば()(なお)さなければ
Conditional たら()(なお)したら()(なお)さなかったら
Volitional()(なお)そう
Volitional polite()(なお)しましょう
Potential()(なお)せる()(なお)せない
Passive()(なお)される()(なお)されない
Causative()(なお)させる()(なお)させない
Imperative()(なお)()(なお)すな
1. to rebuild; to reconstruct (a building)
To demolish an old or damaged building and construct a new one in its place.
(ふる)(いえ)()(なお)す。
To rebuild an old house.
There are plans to rebuild the school that was destroyed in the earthquake.
This house, rebuilt in my grandfather's generation, is now fifty years old.
2. to reorganize; to restore; to get back on track
To rebuild something abstract such as a business, relationship, health, or life after a setback. Often written as 立て直す for this figurative sense.
経営(けいえい)()(なお)す。
To restructure the business.
I'll return after getting my health back on track.
The company had been running deficits, but under the new president they managed to turn it around.

Common patterns

Godan verb (す ending, conjugates as s-row: ()(なお)さない, ()(なお)ます). Transitive — takes a direct object marked with .

Writing

Sense 1 (physical rebuilding) uses ()(なお)す. Sense 2 (figurative rebuilding) is often written ()(なお), though the two are sometimes used interchangeably.

Common collocations