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Long-Term Debt and Credit Lines - Additional Information (Detail)	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended			6 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		0 Months Ended		0 Months Ended	6 Months Ended											0 Months Ended
	Aug. 02, 2014 USD ($) CreditFacility	Aug. 02, 2014 USD ($) CreditFacility	Feb. 01, 2014 USD ($)	Aug. 03, 2013 USD ($)	Aug. 02, 2014 2.50% Ten-Year Notes USD ($)	Aug. 02, 2014 2.50% Ten-Year Notes Interest Rate Contract USD ($)	Aug. 02, 2014 6.95% Ten-Year Notes USD ($)	Aug. 02, 2014 6.95% Ten-Year Notes Interest Rate Contract USD ($)	Jul. 08, 2014 4.20% Six-Year Notes USD ($)	Aug. 02, 2014 4.20% Six-Year Notes	Jul. 08, 2014 4.20% Six-Year Notes Redemption premium USD ($)	Aug. 02, 2014 Revolving Credit Facility May 2016 USD ($)	Aug. 02, 2014 Revolving Credit Facility June 2017 USD ($)	Aug. 02, 2014 TJX Canada Facility Other Operating Expense CAD	Feb. 01, 2014 TJX Canada Facility Other Operating Expense CAD	Aug. 03, 2013 TJX Canada Facility Other Operating Expense CAD	Aug. 02, 2014 TJX Canada Facility Letter of Credit CAD	Feb. 01, 2014 TJX Canada Facility Letter of Credit CAD	Aug. 03, 2013 TJX Canada Facility Letter of Credit CAD	Aug. 02, 2014 TJX Europe Credit Line GBP (£)	Feb. 01, 2014 TJX Europe Credit Line GBP (£)	Aug. 03, 2013 TJX Europe Credit Line GBP (£)	Jun. 05, 2014 2.75% Seven-Year Notes USD ($)	Aug. 02, 2014 2.75% Seven-Year Notes	Jun. 05, 2014 2.75% Seven-Year Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount					$ 500,000,000		$ 375,000,000																$ 750,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate					2.50%		6.95%			4.20%														2.75%	2.75%
Debt instrument maturity period, years					10 years		10 years																7 years
Effective fixed rate					2.57%		7.00%																		2.91%
Cash flow hedges, realized loss																							7,900,000
Debt instrument, redemption date									Jul. 08, 2014
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	(16,830,000)	(16,830,000)							16,800,000		16,400,000
Write off, unamortized debt expenses and discount									400,000
Maturity Month/Year					2023-05		2019-04					2016-05	2017-06
Amount hedged into treasury rate-lock agreement						250,000,000		250,000,000
Revolving credit facilities, number	2	2
Current borrowing capacity												500,000,000	500,000,000	10,000,000	10,000,000	10,000,000	10,000,000	10,000,000	10,000,000	20,000,000	20,000,000	20,000,000
Basis points on revolving credit facility												0.125%	0.08%
Ratio of funded debt and four-times consolidated rentals to consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, consolidated rentals, depreciation and amortization	275.00%	275.00%
Credit facilities, amount outstanding	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0										0	0	0				£ 0	£ 0	£ 0

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