Word details
文字通り
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 文字通り.
Dictionary
Entry
1
Adverb (fukushi)
literally; to the letter
Examples
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.
2
Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
literal
Examples
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.
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
文
sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
4 strokesFrequency 190JLPT N3Grade 1
On
ブンモン
Kun
ふみあや
Nanori
かざりふも
字
character, letter, word, section of village
6 strokesFrequency 485JLPT N3Grade 1
On
ジ
Kun
あざあざな-な
通
traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.
9 strokesFrequency 80JLPT N3Grade 2
On
ツウツ
Kun
とお.るとお.り-とお.り-どお.りとお.すとお.し-どお.しかよ.う
Nanori
とんどうしどおりみち
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