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    詰まり

    詰つま​り​

    that is to say

    N1KMT9News #31+1CoreCore ConceptsKanji Vocab18 strokes

    詰り

    つまり

    Adverb

    1.
    that is to say, that is, in other words, I mean, that (this, it) means
    word usually written using kana alone
    2.
    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
    word usually written using kana alone

    Noun

    3.
    clogging, obstruction, stuffing, (degree of) blockage
    word usually written using kana alone
    4.
    shrinkage
    word usually written using kana alone
    5.
    end, conclusion
    word usually written using kana alone
    6.
    dead end, corner
    word usually written using kana alonearchaic
    7.
    distress, being at the end of one's rope
    word usually written using kana alonearchaic

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    彼かれは学がく生せい、つまりまだ若わかい。

    He is a student, that is to say, still young.

    KMT4Core ConceptsDaily Life
    彼かれの意い見けんは、つまり、現げん状じょう維い持じが最さい善ぜんだということだ。

    His opinion is, in short, that maintaining the status quo is best.

    KMT9Core ConceptsWork & Career
    この問もん題だいの解かい決けつ策さくは、つまり、根こんぽん本げんいん原たいしょ因することに対 処 することにある。

    The solution to this problem is, in short, to address the root cause.

    KMT9Core ConceptsWork & Career
    彼かれの提てい案あんは、つまり、コスト削さく減げんを最さい優ゆう先せんすべきだという結けつ論ろんに至いたった。

    His proposal, in other words, led to the conclusion that cost reduction should be the top priority.

    KMT9Core ConceptsBusiness & Finance
    彼かれの発はつ言げんは矛む盾じゅんしているように聞きこえるが、つまり、彼かれは状じょう況きょうの複ふく雑ざつさを伝つたえようとしているのだ。

    His remarks sound contradictory, but in other words, he is trying to convey the complexity of the situation.

    KMT10Core ConceptsEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    詰
    つ.める・つ.め・-づ.め・つ.まる・つ.む…(4)
    packed・close・pressed・reprove・rebuke…(1)
    Kanji
    ま
    ma
    Kana
    り
    ri
    Kana
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