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Meanings
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noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun
as one wants; as one likes; to one's satisfaction
Describes a situation or outcome that matches one's wishes or expectations. Often used adverbially as 思い通りに.
In life, many things don't go as you want.
He carried out the project as he saw fit.
Usage patterns
- 〈事〉が思い通りになるfor things to turn out as one wishes
Not everything goes the way you want.
- 思い通りに〈動詞〉to do something just as one wants
He always carries things out just as he wants.
- 〈人〉を思い通りに動かすto make someone act just as one wants
She tries to make the people around her do as she wants.