A grammatical term for the direct passive, where the subject is directly affected by the agent's action (e.g., “He was scolded by the teacher”).
彼は先生に褒められた（＝先生が彼を直接褒めた）。これは直接受身の例だ。
He was praised by the teacher (i.e., the teacher directly praised him). This is an example of the direct passive.
その本は多くの読者に読まれている。ここでも本が直接行為の対象になっており、直接受身と言える。
That book is read by many readers. Here the book is directly the target of the action, so it can be called a direct passive.