To Rewrite
transitive verb, godan verb
書く means "to write" and 直す means "to fix," right? Well, if you write something and then decide to fix it, you're going to have to rewrite it. Yup, the only way to fix that horrible chicken scratch paragraph you've written is to totally rewrite it from the ground up, so you'd better start rewriting ASAP.
The readings come from 書く and 直す. Know those and you'll know how to read this word too!
今から書き直すのはムリです。
It is not possible to rewrite it now.
この部分を少し書き直してもらえませんか？
Could you rewrite this part a bit?
その手紙、当時、何度も何度も書き直したんです。
I rewrote that letter over and over again at the time.