直向[hitamuki] earnest
安直[anchoku] inexpensive
一直[icchoku] lining out to first base
一直線[icchokusen] straight line
鉛直[enchoku] perpendicular

下駄直し[getanaoshi] repairing clogs
開き直る[hirakinaoru] to become defiant
気を取り直す[kiwotorinaosu] to completely rethink
急転直下[kyuutenchokka] suddenly and precipitately
居直る[inaoru] to sit up properly straight

悪筆[akuhitsu] poor handwriting
一筆書き[hitofudegaki] one-stroke sketch
運筆[unpitsu] brush strokes
鉛筆[enpitsu] pencil
鉛筆削り[enpitsukezuri] pencil sharpener

加筆[kahitsu] correction
画筆[gahitsu] artist's brush
偽筆[gihitsu] forged handwriting
曲筆[kyokuhitsu] misrepresentation
健筆[kenpitsu] powerful pen

あっと言う間に[attoiumani] just like that
からと言って[karatoitte] while it may be true that
斯う言う[kouiu] such
して言えば[shiteieba] if I must say (choose)
ずばずば言う[zubazubaiu] to speak one's mind

そうかと言って[soukatoitte] but still
だからと言って[dakaratoitte] while it may be true that
と言うのは[toiunoha] means
と言う物[toiumono] something like ...
とも言う[tomoiu] also called