専ら
もっぱら
Also written もはら
Meanings
- Adverb, の-adjective wholly; solely; entirely; exclusively; devotedly; fixedly
- principally; mostly; chiefly; mainly
Kanji
- 専 exclusive. Read as もっぱら.
Example sentences
- その特権はもっぱらご婦人だけに限られている。
The privilege is reserved exclusively for women. - 私の成功はもっぱら幸運の賜物だ。
My success was largely due to luck. - 私の成功はもっぱら彼の努力のおかげだった。
My success was, for the most part, thanks to his efforts. - 私は、もっぱら推理小説を読む。
I read detective stories exclusively. - 新聞２ページ分が王室の離婚問題にもっぱら用いられた。
Two whole pages of the newspaper were devoted to the news of the royal divorce.
Common phrases
- 専らにする devote oneself to