突然の解雇通告は、彼にとって正に青天の霹靂だった。
The sudden notice of dismissal was truly a bolt from the blue for him.
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That was truly a miracle.
彼の考え方は、私の理想とは正に対蹠にある。
His way of thinking is exactly opposite to my ideal.
彼は自分の実力を過信しており、その態度は正に夜郎自大だ。
He overestimates his own abilities, and his attitude is truly one of arrogant ignorance.
彼の新作小説は、正に玄圃積玉と呼ぶにふさわしい名文だ。
His new novel is truly a masterpiece that can be described as having gem-like, beautiful prose.
卒業してからもう十年が経ったとは、正に光陰如箭の心地がする。
It feels truly like time flies like an arrow, seeing as ten years have already passed since graduation.
有能な秘書を得た彼は、正に為虎傅翼の勢いだ。
With a capable secretary, he is truly in a state of gaining even more strength.
崖っぷちでの立ち往生は、正に一髪千鈞の事態であった。
Being stranded on the edge of a cliff was truly a situation hanging by a thread.
両国が消耗戦を続けるのは、正に鷸蚌之争というものだ。
The two countries continuing a war of attrition is exactly a case of the snipe and the clam fighting while the fisherman wins.
その古書は愛書家にとって正に頷下之珠といえる逸品だ。
That old book is truly a precious gem, a 'pearl under the dragon's chin' for bibliophiles.
Usage Notes
Used to emphasize that something is completely and without a doubt as stated.
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