Definition of 文字通り (もじどおり)

どお

文字通り

もじどおり

mojidoori

no-adjective
1.
literal
adverbial noun
2.
literally
Other readings:
文字どおり【もじどおり】
Related Kanji
sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
character, letter, word, section of village
traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.
Example sentences(showing 13 results)

かれ
ぶんしょ
文章
どお
文字どおりの
意味
せつめい
説明
He explained the literal meaning of the sentences

かれ
どお
文字どおりの
意味
せつめい
説明
He explained the literal meaning of the phrase

わた
かのじょ
彼女の
どお
文字どおり
I took what she said literally

ぐんたい
軍隊
りつ
規律
どお
文字通り
きび
厳しい
Military discipline is literally rigid

I took it in a literal sense

けい
刑事
けん
事件
どお
文字どおり
なんぜん
何千
ひとたち
人たち
じんもん
尋問
The detective questioned literally thousands of people about the incident

The poor dog was literally torn apart by the lion

He is a real fool

かれ
どお
文字どおりの
馬鹿
He is literally stupid

Don't take that too literally

わた
かんよう
慣用語句
どお
文字通りの
意味
かいしゃ
解釈
I foolishly interpreted the idiom according to its literal sense

ぐんたい
軍隊
りつ
規律
どお
文字通り
きび
厳しい
It goes without saying military discipline is literally rigid

どういつ
同一
さしだしにん
差出人
どういつ
同一
うけとりにん
受取人
ゆうたい
郵袋
どお
文字通り
ふく
いんさつぶつ
印刷物
ゆうそう
郵送
A mailbag from a single sender addressed to one recipient, as the name suggests, is for delivering a bag of printed matter