JLPT N3 · Noun / adverb

全体 (zentai)

全体 (ぜんたい, zentai) is a Japanese noun / adverb meaning “whole; entirety”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ぜんたい
Romaji: zentai
Word class: Noun / adverb
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

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

Example sentences

私はその話の全体を知っている。

I know the whole of the story.

Tatoeba #159786

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 全体

whole, entire, allゼン・まった.く・すべ.て · 6 strokes

body, substance, objectタイ・テイ・からだ・かたち · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 全体.

全部ぜんぶall全然ぜんぜん(not) at all安全あんぜんsafety全ぜんall全てすべてeverything完全かんぜんperfect全員ぜんいんall members全国ぜんこくthe whole country全身ぜんしんwhole (body)全くまったくreally全集ぜんしゅうcomplete works全般ぜんぱん(the) whole全力ぜんりょくall one's power (strength, energy, efforts)健全けんぜんhealthy

Source: JMdict entry 1395660 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.