読よんで字じのごとく

expression, adverb

literally; self-explanatorily

Used to emphasize that something is exactly as the words say, with no hidden meaning or interpretation needed. Often appears as a set phrase.

• 読よんで字じのごとく、彼かれは本ほん当とうに正しょう直じき者ものだ。

  Literally, he is truly an honest person.

• この料りょう理りは読よんで字じのごとく、見みた目めも味あじも素す晴ばらしい。

  This dish is, literally, wonderful both in appearance and taste.