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Schedule of Other Long-Term Liabilities (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Jan. 31, 2015	Feb. 01, 2014
Other Long Term Liabilities [Line Items]
Employee compensation and benefits, long term	$ 460,086tjx_EmployeeRelatedLiabilitiesNoncurrent	$ 334,847tjx_EmployeeRelatedLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Reserve for former operations, long term	7,609tjx_ReserveForFormerOperationsLongTerm	16,777tjx_ReserveForFormerOperationsLongTerm
Accrued rent	203,216us-gaap_AccruedRentNoncurrent	195,586us-gaap_AccruedRentNoncurrent
Landlord allowances	97,861tjx_LandlordAllowancesNonCurrent	106,151tjx_LandlordAllowancesNonCurrent
Tax reserve, long term	28,088tjx_TaxReserveLongTerm	50,227tjx_TaxReserveLongTerm
Financing lease obligation	60,733us-gaap_CapitalLeaseObligationsNoncurrent
All other long-term liabilities	30,544tjx_LongTermLiabilitiesOther	29,411tjx_LongTermLiabilitiesOther
Other long-term liabilities	$ 888,137us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent	$ 732,999us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred through that date and due after one year (or beyond the operating cycle if longer) for contractual rent under lease arrangements.

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Amount equal to the present value (the principal) at the beginning of the lease term of minimum lease payments during the lease term (excluding that portion of the payments representing executory costs such as insurance, maintenance, and taxes to be paid by the lessor, together with any profit thereon) net of payments or other amounts applied to the principal, through the balance sheet date and due to be paid more than one year (or one operating cycle, if longer) after the balance sheet date.

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