全然
Chinese
all; whole; entire; every; complete |
adverbial suffix; ‑ly | ||
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simp. and trad. (全然) |
全 | 然 |
Pronunciation
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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全 | 然 |
ぜん Grade: 3 |
ぜん Grade: 4 |
on’yomi |
Pronunciation
Adverb
全然 (hiragana ぜんぜん, rōmaji zenzen)
- not at all (with negative verb)
- 私は料理など全然しない。自信がないからね。
- 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、全然。」
- “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。 [BAKUMAN.], volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:- 高木は今からあたしとの結婚考えてる?
- Takagi wa ima kara atashi to no kekkon kangaeteru?
- Takagi, are you planning to marry me?
- Zenzen
- Not at all
- 高木は今からあたしとの結婚考えてる?
- 私は料理など全然しない。自信がないからね。
- totally (with affirmative verb)
- 全然違う話
- zenzen chigau hanashi
- a completely different story
- 全然違う話
Synonyms
- 全く (mattaku)
Antonyms
- よく (yoku): frequently; often
See also
- 余り (amari): (with negative verbs) not very often; not much
- 時々 (tokidoki): sometimes, at times, occasionally
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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