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Phrase (A)。つまり + (Summary) Phrase (B)
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詰まり
About つまり
つまり (or 詰まり) is a word in Japanese that is often used as an adverb. It takes a previous statement (said either by the speaker or by someone else) and summarizes it. This translates as 'in short', 'in other words', and similar expressions in English.
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つまり comes from verb 詰まる meaning to become 'packed', or 'condensed'. This means that the literal translation is of つまり is quite similar to its English interpretation.
- あなたは昨日一日中家でゲームをして、家の事は何もしなかったってことですね。つまり一日中ダラダラしていたという事ですね。You are saying that you were at home playing video games without doing any chores yesterday. Condensed, you were being lazy. (In short)
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明日何時でも良いんだって。詰まり、夜遅くなっても良いらしい。
They said anytime tomorrow is good. To sum up, it seems that even late at night is ok.
彼はいつも約束を破る。詰まり、私のこと好きじゃないよね。
He's always breaking his promises to me. In other words it seems that he isn't fond of me, right?
この車は電気自動車です。詰まり、ガソリンが要らないです。
This is an electric car. In other words it doesn't need gasoline.
詰まりそれはどういうことですか?もっと簡単に説明してください。
To sum up, what do you mean? Please explain it in a more simple manner.
今は失業しています。詰まり、あまりお金がないということです。
He is unemployed now. In other words he doesn't have very much money.
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つまり – Grammar Discussion
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Ambo100
Perhaps an easy way to remember this, would be to use this phonetic mnemonic:
ツマリ - つまり
サマリ - summary
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