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詰つまり

usually written using kana aloneadverbnounnoun (generic)archaic

つまり

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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Example sentences

彼かれは来こない。つまり、会議かいぎは中止ちゅうしだ。

He's not coming. In other words, the meeting is cancelled.

つまり、君きみは私わたしを信しんじていないということか。

So basically, you're saying you don't trust me?

お金かねも時間じかんもない。つまり、旅行りょこうは無理むりだということだ。

There's no money and no time. In short, the trip is out of the question.

彼女かのじょは社長しゃちょうの娘むすめで、つまり、会社かいしゃの後継者こうけいしゃになる人物じんぶつだ。

She is the president's daughter — in other words, the person who will become the company's successor.

全すべての努力どりょくが無駄むだになった。つまり、最初さいしょから方向性ほうこうせいが間違まちがっていたということに他ほかならない。

All the effort was in vain. What it all comes down to is that the direction was wrong from the very beginning.

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

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floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

sentence; composition, text, writings; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature; statement

price, cost; value, worth, merit

elephant (Elephantidae spp.)