adverb🔗Share文字通りに, 額面通りにWord for word; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor"When I saw on the news that there would be no school tomorrow because of the snowstorm, I literally jumped for joy, and hit my head on the ceiling fan."明日の雪嵐で学校がないというニュースを見たとき、私は文字通り喜びで飛び跳ね、天井の扇風機に頭をぶつけました。languagewordessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adverb🔗Share文字通り, 実際に(degree, contranym) Used non-literally as an intensifier for figurative statements: virtually, so to speak (often considered incorrect; see usage notes)"He was so surprised, he literally jumped twenty feet in the air."彼はとても驚いて、実際に6メートルも空中に飛び上がった。languagelinguisticsgrammarworddegreeessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adverb🔗Share文字通り, まさにUsed to intensify or dramatise non-figurative statements; tending towards a meaningless filler word in repeated use."I had no idea, so I was literally guessing."全く分からなかったので、まさに推測していました。languagewordcommunicationlinguisticsessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adverb🔗Shareただ, 単にUsed as a generic downtoner: just, merely."My brother was literally just watching TV, not doing anything else. "兄はただテレビを見ていただけで、他に何もしていませんでした。languagelinguisticsessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
