VocabularyJLPT N5 · core

全部

ぜんぶ

hepburn zenbu

all, the whole

Part of speech · noun / adverb

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Examples

全部食べました。
I ate it all.
全部でいくらですか。
How much is it altogether?

Collocations

全部 (zenbu, all)全部で (zenbu de, in total)全て (subete, everything — formal)皆 (mina, everyone)一切 (issai, entirely)

Mnemonic

全部 zenbu = 全 (all) + 部 (part). "Whole parts" = all. Register matrix for "all": zenbu (daily, oral) / subete (Sino-Japanese, formal written) / mina (everyone, people-centered) / issai (entirely, strong emphasis) / すべて (kana = subete, softer). "Zenbu de" (in total) is default for price / quantity totals — "zenbu de ikura?" (how much in total?). Korean "jeonbu / modu / da" and Chinese 全部 / 所有 / 全 split similarly, but Japanese has finer matrix. PATCH-4 v3 note: quantitative adverbs are best learned as cluster matrix.

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