Dictionary: “文字通り”

文字通り

もじどおり

literally; to the letter

I foolishly interpreted the idiom according to its literal sense.

Kun/On information

文

On: ぶん;もん
Kun: ふみ;あや
Stroke count: 4

・sentence

・literature

・style

・art

・decoration

・figures

・plan

・literary radical (no. 67)

字

On: じ
Kun: あざ;あざな;-な
Stroke count: 6

・character

・letter

・word

・section of village

通

On: つう;つ
Kun: とお.る;とお.り;-とお.り;-どお.り;とお.す;とお.し;-どお.し;かよ.う
Stroke count: 10

・traffic

・pass through

・avenue

・commute

・counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.