Japanese dictionary

Dictionary: “文字通り”

文字通り

もじどおり

literally; to the letter

Example sentence

I foolishly interpreted the idiom according to its literal sense.

Kanji details

文

・sentence

・literature

・style

・art

・decoration

・figures

・plan

・literary radical (no. 67)

字

・character

・letter

・word

・section of village

通

・traffic

・pass through

・avenue

・commute

・counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.