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N3

とおり

In that way, Exactly, Precisely, Just as

お客様きゃくさまのおっしゃる通とおりです。

It's exactly as you say, sir.

Explanation

「とおり」 (通り) means 'just as ...', 'according to ...'. What follows matches exactly what came before: an appearance, instruction, plan or fact. It follows a dictionary or ta-form verb; after a noun it is 「noun+どおり」 or 「noun+のとおり」: 「言ったとおりにやってください」 (Please do it the way I said) 「予定どおり」 (as planned).

Mixed up with

Reading: directly after a noun it becomes voiced 「どおり」 (予定どおり、計画どおり、思いどおり); with 「の」 it stays 「のとおり」 (説明書のとおり、そのとおり).

「言ったとおり」 means as already said; 「言うとおり」 means as I am telling you now.

Examples

  1. 彼かれは僕ぼくの思おもった通とおりの時間じかんに帰かえってきた。

    Just as I expected, he came back when I thought he would come back.

  2. 計画けいかくどおりに進すすめて行いきます。

    We will continue as the plan suggests.

  3. 思おもった通とおりでした。

    It was just as I thought.

Tested 2 times in past papers

N2 · Dec 2020, Q43N2 · Jul 2014, Q33