文字通り
もじどおり
literally; to the letter; literal
Common word
Meanings
Adverb
literally; to the letterNo-adjective
literal
Example sentences
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He is literally stupid.
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He is a real fool.
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I took it in a literal sense.
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Military discipline is literally rigid.
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Don't take that too literally.
More examples (10)
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He explained the literal meaning of the phrase.
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He explained the literal meaning of the sentences.
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I took what she said literally.
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It goes without saying military discipline is literally rigid.
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You take everything too literally.
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The detective questioned literally thousands of people about the incident.
かわいそうにその犬は文字通りライオンに引き裂かれてしまった。
The poor dog was literally torn apart by the lion.
刑事は文字通り何千人もの人に事件についての聞き込みを行った。
The detective questioned literally thousands of people about the incident.
私はおろかにもその慣用語句を文字通りの意味で解釈してしまった。
I foolishly interpreted the idiom according to its literal sense.
同一差出人から同一受取人に宛てて郵袋という、文字通り袋に印刷物を入れて郵送します。
A mailbag from a single sender addressed to one recipient, as the name suggests, is for delivering a bag of printed matter.