つまり: that is
つまり tsumari
that is; in short
JLPT N3Adverbs & connectors
Example sentences
Several houses gathered together to form a village, that is, a settlement.
From the lesson 竪穴住居とムラ
麻などの草の繊維で編んだ布、つまり編布の服もあったようです。
It seems there were also clothes made of cloth plaited from plant fibers such as hemp, that is, angin cloth.
From the lesson 服とかざり
数えきれないほどたくさんの神々、つまり八百万の神は、天安河原に集まって、相談しました。
The countless gods, the eight million gods as they are called, gathered at Ame-no-yasu-no-kawara, the heavenly riverbed, and held a council.
From the lesson 天岩戸
まず、常世の長鳴鳥、つまり長く鳴くにわとりを集めて、鳴かせました。
First, they gathered the long-crowing birds of the eternal land, that is, roosters that crow for a long time, and made them crow.
From the lesson 天岩戸