丸ごと

Japanese
Kanji in this term
丸
まる
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 丸 (maru, “round; (by extension) entirety”) +‎ 事 (koto, “thing, fact”). The koto changes to goto as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Adverb

丸ごと (hiragana まるごと, rōmaji marugoto)

  1. entirely, wholly, completely, all of something (with an emphasis on leaving nothing out)
    フライドチキンを骨 (ほね)まで丸 (まる)ごと食 (た)べちゃった。
    Furaido chikin o hone made marugoto tabechatta.
    He ate the entire fried chicken, even the bones.

Synonyms

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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