Literal
Literally, To The Letter
adverb, の adjective
Remember how you learned the words 文字 and 通り? Well an "avenue" made of "letters" is literally to the letter. Wink.
This is a combination of the words 文字 and 通り, which you learned already, so you should be able to read this one. Just make sure you remember that とおり becomes どおり because of rendaku.
文字通りの意味
literal meaning
文字通りの親友
literally best friends
文字通りの死
literal death
かれは文字通り、「天才」です。
He’s literally a genius.
トーフグの社いんになるには、文字通りとうふとフグが好物でなければならない。
In order to become an employee at Tofugu, you literally have to like tofu and fugu.
ツンデレとは、文字通り「人前ではツンツンしているけど二人の時はデレデレすること」です。
"Tsundere" literally means, "acting cold in public but acting lovestruck in private".