とおりに | Just As and Exactly How in Japanese

Following Something Exactly

とおりに says an action matched a model — an instruction, an expectation, a demonstration.

The reading voices after a noun, and both spellings appear:

予定(よてい)どおり, 時間(じかん)どおり and 予想(よそう)どおり are near-fixed expressions worth learning whole.

Form	Timing
言(い)うとおりにする	do as I say (instruction still coming)
言(い)ったとおりにする	do as I said (already given)

Pattern	Sense
とおりに	exactly the same — no deviation
ように	in a similar way, or so that

ように allows approximation; とおりに does not.

Example Sentences

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説明書(せつめいしょ)のとおりに組(く)み立(た)てました。

I assembled it exactly as the manual described.

私(わたし)が言(い)うとおりにしてください。

Please do exactly as I say.

予定(よてい)どおりに進(すす)んでいます。

It's proceeding according to plan.

思(おも)ったとおりの結果(けっか)でした。

The result was exactly as I expected.

時間(じかん)どおりに到着(とうちゃく)しました。

We arrived right on time.

先生(せんせい)が教(おし)えてくれたとおりに書(か)きました。

I wrote it just as the teacher showed me.

予想(よそう)どおり混(こ)んでいました。

It was crowded, just as expected.

このとおりにやってみてください。

Please try doing it like this.