Lingakuもっぱら
Frequency rank: 15,267. – 15,330.
- wholly; solely; entirely; exclusively; devotedly; fixedlyword usually written using kana alone
- principally; mostly; chiefly; mainlyword usually written using kana alone
adverb (fukushi); nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Forms
- もっぱらFrequency rank: 15,267. – 15,330.
- 専ら【もっぱら】【もはら】Frequency rank: 26,482. – 26,645.
- もはら
Generated definitions (experimental)
- wholly; solely; entirely; exclusively; devotedly; fixedly
- principally; mostly; chiefly; mainly
This meaning emphasizes complete or total commitment to a single activity or subject, without deviation.
This meaning implies that while there may be other elements or activities involved, the primary focus or majority is on one specific aspect.
The work is chiefly conducted online.
Generated collocations (experimental)
もっぱらおもに主にmainlyもっぱらきゅうじつ休日にexclusively on holidaysもっぱらしごと仕事にせんねん専念するto devote oneself solely to workもっぱらしゅみ趣味としてprimarily as a hobbyもっぱらどくしょ読書にふけるto be engrossed primarily in readingもっぱらじょせい女性むけ向けexclusively for womenもっぱらたべる食べることにきょうみ興味があるto be solely interested in eatingもっぱらないこうてき内向的なせいかく性格primarily an introverted personalityもっぱらじたく自宅ですごす過ごすto spend time primarily at homeもっぱらこのばしょ場所でexclusively at this place
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
14 results
His company is dangling by a thread. That's the rumor I hear.
My interest in politics is strictly academic.
Two whole pages of the newspaper were devoted to the news of the royal divorce.
4. しょうむしょう商務省のほうこく報告によれば、せんげつ先月のこうり小売りはんばい販売はれい．なな０．７ぱあせんと％ぞうか増加しましたが、これはもっぱらこうちょう好調なじどうしゃ自動車はんばい販売によるものです。
The Commerce Department reports retail sales rose seven-tenths of 1 percent last month mainly thanks to strong auto sales.
My success was, for the most part, thanks to his efforts.
Isaac Newton is often referred to as the founder of modern science, but his final years were solely devoted to the study of alchemy.
Forks were used for many years in Europe and the Near East, but only for cooking.
For a healthy cheerful guy like that to get sick is like the devil getting sunstroke. Everyone is talking about it.
13. ひとつ一つひとつ一つちがっていて違っていて、ひろびろ広々としたにわ庭があってみりょくてき魅力的ないえなみ家並が、もっぱらきのう機能だけをついきゅう追求したまんしょんマンションにとってかわられるとって代わられるが、このまんしょんマンションには、いきすぎ行き過ぎをおもえる思えるほどしょうさん賞賛されるきごう「げんだい現代のべんり便利なせつび設備きごう」いがい以外にほめる褒めるべきてん点はないのである。
Rows of houses, each of them different and pleasing with their spacious gardens, are replaced by purely functional blocks of flats which have nothing more to commend them than over-praised 'modern conveniences'.