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THE WORD · N3

つまりつまり

in focus

Noun · Adverbe

つまり彼女かのじょは下手へたな踊り子おどりこだ。

In a word, she's a bad dancer.

Example: Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Japanese: \N · French : trotter

Parts of speech

Adverbe · Noun

The dictionary may associate several parts of speech with different meanings of the same word.

Other written forms: 詰まり

English dictionary meanings

that is to say
that is
in other words
I mean
that (this, it) means
in short
in brief
to sum up
ultimately
in the end
in the long run
when all is said and done
what it all comes down to
when you get right down to it
basically
clogging
obstruction
stuffing
(degree of) blockage
shrinkage
end
conclusion
dead end
corner
distress
being at the end of one's rope

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