Grammar ～とおり（に）／どおり（に）

～とおり（に）／～どおり（に）

As; like

Structure

Vる／Vた＋とおり（に）・Nのとおり（に）

Explanation

Expresses that an action or result happens exactly as said/seen/heard or demonstrated; emphasizes 'exactly so'.

Examples

1学生（がくせい）たちは、先生（せんせい）が黒板（こくばん）に書（か）いたとおりにノートに写（うつ）した。

The students copied into their notebooks exactly what the teacher had written on the blackboard.

2外国語（がいこくご）だと、なかなか思（おも）ったとおりに話（はな）すことができない。

When speaking a foreign language, it's hard to express myself the way I want.

3父（ちち）は、私（わたし）たち家族（かぞく）が父（ちち）の言（い）うとおりにしないと、きげんが悪（わる）い。

My father gets in a bad mood when we don't do what he says.

～どおり

Exactly as (predicted/planned/expected)

Structure

想像／予想／計画／指示／命令／希望＋どおり

Explanation

Used with nouns like prediction, plan, instruction, order, expectation to indicate the outcome occurred as expected.

Examples

1勉強（べんきょう）がなかなか予定（よてい）どおりに進（すす）まない。

My studying isn't progressing as planned.

2幼（おさな）い弟（おとうと）は思（おも）いどおりにならないと大声（おおごえ）で泣（な）く。

My little brother cries loudly when things don't go his way.

～のとおり

As you have seen/know

Structure

ご覧／ご存じ／ご承知／お聞き＋のとおり

Explanation

Formal expression often used in presentations: 'as you have seen/known/heard...'; common in polite speech and announcements.

Examples

1例（れい）のとおりに書（か）きなさい。

Write it according to the example.

Note

1) Easy to confuse with the ordinary “as/in accordance with” (～ように／～まま). → ～とおり(に) emphasizes “exactly as” something said or seen.2) Note the combinatory forms. → Vる／Vた＋とおり, Nの＋とおり are basic forms often tested.3) Often appears with phrases like そのとおり, 予想どおり. → Means “just as expected/just as said”.