N3 — outside your level filter
つまり
つまりtsumariN3neutral
in other words — says the same thing again, in sharper terms
「明日も明後日もバイトなんだ。」「つまり、週末は無理ってこと?」
"ashita mo asatte mo baito nan da." "tsumari, shuumatsu wa muri tte koto?"
"I've got shifts tomorrow and the day after." "So in other words, the weekend's out?" casual
会場は駅の裏側にあります。つまり、北口から出たほうが近いということです。
kaijou wa eki no uragawa ni arimasu. tsumari, kitaguchi kara deta hou ga chikai to iu koto desu.
The venue is on the far side of the station. In other words, it's closer if you go out the north exit. neutral
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in other words; so what it comes to is — plainer or sharper
「明日も明後日もバイトなんだ。」「つまり、週末は無理ってこと?」
"ashita mo asatte mo baito nan da." "tsumari, shuumatsu wa muri tte koto?"
"I've got shifts tomorrow and the day after." "So in other words, the weekend's out?" casual
会場は駅の裏側にあります。つまり、北口から出たほうが近いということです。
kaijou wa eki no uragawa ni arimasu. tsumari, kitaguchi kara deta hou ga chikai to iu koto desu.
The venue is on the far side of the station. In other words, it's closer if you go out the north exit. neutral
今期の受注は前年の半分にとどまっております。つまり、来期の計画は一から見直す必要があるということでございます。
konki no juchuu wa zennen no hanbun ni todomatte orimasu. tsumari, raiki no keikaku wa ichi kara minaosu hitsuyou ga aru to iu koto de gozaimasu.
Orders this term have come to only half of last year's. In other words, next term's plan has to be rebuilt from scratch. formal
How it's formed1
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つまるところtsumarutokoroliterary
sums up a long stretch of argument rather than one sentence; essays and commentary, and it sounds grand in conversation.