LingakuFrequency rank: 1,762.
- whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); adverb (fukushi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- whole; entirety
- whatever (is the matter)
This meaning refers to something in its complete form or all components combined, emphasizing the totality or the all-encompassing nature of something.
This project achieved wonderful results as a whole.
Used in contexts where the speaker is referring to any situation or concern that exists, often implying that the specifics are not particularly important or relevant at that moment.
Generated collocations (experimental)
ぜんたい全体をはあく把握するto grasp the wholeぜんたい全体のじょうきょう状況the overall situationぜんたいぞう全体像whole pictureぜんたいてき全体的なけんかい見解overall perspectiveぜんたい全体のごうい合意consensus of the wholeぜんたい全体のばらんすバランスbalance of the entiretyぜんたいてき全体的なけいかく計画comprehensive planぜんたいに全体においてin the overall contextぜんたい全体をこうりょ考慮するto take the whole into considerationぜんたい全体をふかん俯瞰するto overview the entirety
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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What happened? There's water all over the apartment.
With 19 cases of death forming over 20% of the whole, the grave reality of overwork-deaths has been thrown into relief.
From the castle we could see the whole curve of the river around its base.
Detachment provides perspective, which in turn permits a certain amount of pattern recognition.
She made it in a total of 19 hours and 55 minutes, which is shorter than the previous record by 10 hours.
They agree that they have no choice but to give up the whole plan.
He tends to place more stress on society in general than on individual.
Relative to overall sales, that of software is insignificant.