N3139/1669

全ぜん体たい

nounnoun (generic)noun taking the genitive case particle のadjective (generic)adverb

ぜんたい

whole, entirety
to begin with, in the first place
... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"), ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"), ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")

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Example sentences

全体ぜんたいの計画けいかくを説明せつめいしてください。

Please explain the whole plan.

全体ぜんたいとして、このプロジェクトは成功せいこうだった。

On the whole, this project was a success.

全体ぜんたいに何なにが起おきているのか、全然ぜんぜんわからない。

I have no idea whatsoever what on earth is going on.

全体ぜんたいの半分はんぶん以上いじょうの学生がくせいが試験しけんに合格ごうかくした。

More than half of the entire student body passed the exam.

全体ぜんたい、彼かれはなぜそんな無謀むぼうなことをしたのだろうか。

In the first place, why on earth did he do something so reckless?

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

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floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

sentence; composition, text, writings; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature; statement

price, cost; value, worth, merit

elephant (Elephantidae spp.)