文法の説明

N3 レッスン 6: 3/24

つまりIn short, To sum up, In other words

使い方・接続

Phrase (A)。つまり + (Summary) Phrase (B)

詳細

  • 使用域

    一般

  • あまり見かけない漢字

    詰まり

「つまり」の情報

つまり (or 詰(つ)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.

Fun Fact

つまり comes from verb 詰(つ)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.

関連

例文

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    明日(あした)何時(なんじ)でも良(い)いんだって。詰(つ)まり、夜遅(よるおそ)くなっても良(い)いらしい。

    They said anytime tomorrow is good. To sum up, it seems that even late at night is ok.

    彼(かれ)はいつも約束(やくそく)を破(やぶ)る。詰(つ)まり、私(わたし)のこと好(す)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(くるま)は電気(でんき)自動車(じどうしゃ)です。詰(つ)まり、ガソリンが要(い)らないです。

    This is an electric car. In other words it doesn't need gasoline.

    詰(つ)まりそれはどういうことですか？もっと簡単(かんたん)に説明(せつめい)してください。

    To sum up, what do you mean? Please explain it in a more simple manner.

    今(いま)は失業(しつぎょう)しています。詰(つ)まり、あまりお金(かね)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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最近の返信 (合計8件)

  • mrnoone

    mrnoone

    English:
    in other words・in short
    to sum up

    Structure:
    Phrase1 + つまり + Phrase2

    Explanation:
    [summarizing・rephrasing]

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  • Ambo100

    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

  • entropyofchaos

    entropyofchaos

    I am not sure if its just me, but in this sentence the male voice sounds like he’s dropping the り sound in the word あまり or maybe saying あまよ. Is it just me, or an anyone else actually hear this?

    今いまは失業しつぎょうしています。詰つまり、あまりお金かねがないということです。

    I understand that sometimes native speakers will change sounds slightly. So I am just trying to confirm if its just me, or it actually isn’t said clearly.

  • Pablunpro

    Pablunpro

    Hi!

    The male voice does in fact say あまり. The fact that this is directly followed by お金 might be the reason that you hear it as a あまよ (あまりょ would be more approximate).

    Try listening to this sentence at a slower speed using the gear at the top of the examples section!

    HTH!

  • casual

    casual

    All I hear is あまぃ, no r sound, or at least no japanese r sound. It’s especially obvious if you compare both recordings side by side. One could hypothesize about mic issues or any other possible causes for the wrong sound, but I don’t see how it can be interpreted as り or りょ.

  • entropyofchaos

    entropyofchaos

    I have and I just couldn’t hear it. I even tried using my phone to record the audio off my computer to play with the audio. But I just didn’t hear anything close to り.

    I’m just curious, did you actually listen to the male voice. I can understand your guess as to what it might sound like. But I couldn’t hear anything near that.

  • entropyofchaos

    entropyofchaos

    I can see it sounding like あまぃ too. This was just bothering me so much. And yeah, the other voice was significantly clearer with that sound like you said.

  • Pablunpro

    Pablunpro

    Hi! I did, and then switched to the female voice and then back to the male voice.

    I’ve played the male voice once more and can here it, though not so clearly as the previous つまり.

  • entropyofchaos

    entropyofchaos

    I appreciate you taking the time to take a look.

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