Vocabulary

What does 全体 (ぜんたい, zentai) mean?

全体 (ぜんたい, zentai) means the whole, entirety.

Quick facts
Readingぜんたい
Romajizentai
Part of speechnoun, no-adjective, adverb
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N3
ぜんたい
N3 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonzentai

the whole, entirety

  1. 1noun · no-adjective · adverb whole; entirety
  2. 2adverb to begin with; in the first place
  3. 3adverb ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")

Example sentences

  • You can see the whole town.

  • I'll explain the whole plan.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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