全然

全然

1. completely; entirely; utterly

   我對此事全然不知。 [MSC, trad.]
   我对此事全然不知。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ duì cǐ shì quánrán bù zhī. [Pinyin]

   I know absolutely nothing about this matter.

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ぜんぜん [zèńzéń] (Heiban – [0])
  • (Tokyo) ぜんぜん​ [zèńzéńꜜ] (Odaka – [4])
  • (Tokyo) ぜんぜ​ん [zèńzéꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞nd͡zẽ̞ɴ]

全然 (hiragana ぜんぜん, rōmaji zenzen)

1. not at all (with negative verb)

   私 (わたし)は料 (りょう)理 (り)など全 (ぜん)然 (ぜん)しない。自 (じ)信 (しん)がないからね。

   Watashi wa ryōri nado zenzen shinai. Jishin ga nai kara ne.

   I don't cook at all, since I lack the confidence.

   「わかった？」「いや、全 (ぜん)然 (ぜん)。」

   “Wakatta?” “Iya, zenzen.”

   "Got it?" "Nope, not at all."

   • 2009 March 9, Ohba, Tsugumi; Obata, Takeshi, “12ページ 10と２ [Page 12: 10 and 2]”, in BAKUMAN。バクマン。 [BAKUMAN.], volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

     高 (たか)木 (ぎ)は今 (いま)からあたしとの結 (けっ)婚 (こん)考 (かんが)えてる？

     Takagi wa ima kara atashi to no kekkon kangaeteru?

     Takagi, are you planning to marry me?

     全 (ぜん)然 (ぜん)

     Zenzen

     Not at all

2. totally (with affirmative verb)

   全 (ぜん)然 (ぜん)違 (ちが)う話 (はなし)

   zenzen chigau hanashi

   a completely different story

• 全 (まった)く (mattaku)

• よく (yoku): frequently; often

• 余 (あま)り (amari): (with negative verbs) not very often; not much
• 時々 (ときどき) (tokidoki): sometimes, at times, occasionally

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

全然 • (jeonyeon) (hangeul 전연)

1. Hanja form^? of 전연 (“completely”).