単刀直入 (たんとうちょくにゅう)straight to the point; point-blank; frank

straight to the point; point-blank; frankadjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

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Kanji in 単刀直入

簡単かんたんsimple; easy
単位たんいunit; denomination
単独たんどくsole; single
単純たんじゅんsimple; plain
単なるたんなるmere; simple
単にたんにsimply; merely
単身たんしんalone; unaided
単たんsingle; simple
刀かたなsword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana
一刀いっとうsword; blade
一刀両断いっとうりょうだんcutting in two with a single stroke
刀剣とうけんsword; dagger
剃刀かみそりrazor
執刀しっとうperforming a surgical operation
大刀たちlong sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword
太刀たちlong sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword
見直しみなおしreview; reconsideration
直前ちょくぜんjust before

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