adverb, adverb taking the 'to' particle
carefully; thoroughly; at length
Used with verbs of thinking, considering, or reflecting to mean doing so deeply, carefully, or at length. Often appears in the set phrase つらつら考える (to ponder carefully). The word is mimetic and literary in tone; in modern casual speech, よく or じっくり are more common.
つらつら考えてみると、彼の言うことも一理ある。
When I think about it carefully, what he says also makes some sense.
He recounted the circumstances at length.
Rare single-character kanji form; mainly encountered in classical or highly literary texts.
Rare single-character kanji form; mainly encountered in classical or highly literary texts.
A mimetic adverb of uncertain origin, possibly related to the reduplication of an old root. The kanji forms 倩 and 熟 are ateji assigned for their semantic associations with 'careful thought' and 'thoroughness', respectively.