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もっばら

English translation: solely, wholly, entirely, exclusively

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Japanese term or phrase:もっばら
English translation:solely, wholly, entirely, exclusively
Entered by: Minoru Kuwahara

08:57 Jun 22, 2004
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Linguistics
Japanese term or phrase: もっばら
I see this word in quite a number of sentences but not sure what it means. Can anyone help?　Thanks.

E.g.賃貸人としての義務はもっばらA社がこれを負います。
Wei Peng Loy
Local time: 13:31
exclusively
Explanation:
this Japanese expression could be translated as "solely", "wholly", "entirely" or "exclusively".

E.g. Company A is exclusively responsible as the lessor.

HTH
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Minoru Kuwahara
Japan
Local time: 14:31
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もっばら
exclusively


Explanation:
this Japanese expression could be translated as "solely", "wholly", "entirely" or "exclusively".

E.g. Company A is exclusively responsible as the lessor.

HTH


    Reference: http://www.nova.ne.jp/mamechishiki/contents/NOVA_STATION_DAT...
    Reference: http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~devans/Japanese/seiki.html
Minoru Kuwahara
Japan
Local time: 14:31
Native speaker of: Japanese
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Valentina Matone
7 mins
agree  Dave REESE: Agree
47 mins
agree  ejprotran
3 hrs
agree  Hidenori Nakamura
4 hrs
agree  Kurt Hammond: Cool, I always wanted to know what it meant exactly.
4 hrs
  -> I understand...:-)
neutral  Mike Maynerich: Depending on what follows this sentence, "primarily" may be better suited.
4 hrs
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