indirect
日本語WordNet
having intervening factors or persons or influences; "reflection from the ceiling provided a soft indirect light"; "indirect evidence"; "an indirect cause"
not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination; "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"; "you must take an indirect course in sailing"
extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action; "making indirect but legitimate inquiries"; "an indirect insult"; "doubtless they had some indirect purpose in mind"; "though his methods are indirect they are not dishonest"; "known as a shady indirect fellow"
JMdict
AIによる解説
Indirect means not straight or not achieved directly.
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Would you happen to know the time functions as indirect question masking straightforward information request through deferential hedging conventions.
「たまたま時間をご存知ですか」は、敬意を表すヘッジ慣習を通じて率直な情報要求を覆い隠す間接的質問として機能している。
Cultural indirectness can cause misunderstandings.
文化的な間接性は誤解を引き起こすことがあります。
Pronunciation data from ipa-dict (MIT License) based on cmudict-ipa by @lingz