全て

Japanese
Kanji in this term
全
すべ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
総て
凡て
惣て
渾て
都て (dated)

Etymology

Originally the -te conjunctive form of Old Japanese verb 統ぶ (subu); compare modern 統べる (suberu, “to gather many things together; to treat many things as a single group”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Adverb

全(すべ)て • (subete) 

  1. entirely, completely; all
    Synonym: 悉く (kotogotoku)
    見(み)たことを全(すべ)て話(はな)す
    mita koto o subete hanasu
    to tell everything one has seen
    (literally, “to tell entirely what one has seen”)
    • 1947, 海野十三, 断層顔:
      では、私(わたし)の方(ほう)で御(お)尋(たず)ねすることは全(すべ)て終(おわ)りましてございます。
      De wa, watashi no hō de o-tazune suru koto wa subete owarimashite gozaimasu.
      My inquiries are hereby entirely concluded.
  2. in general, approximately
    Synonyms: おおよそ (ōyoso), 大体 (daitai), 総じて (sōjite)
  3. (with negative verb) at all, completely
    Synonyms: 全然 (zenzen), 丸っ切り (marukkiri)

Synonyms

Noun

全(すべ)て • (subete) 

  1. everything, all
    Synonym: 一切 (issai)
    全(すべ)てはいかがですか。
    Subete wa ikaga desu ka.
    How is everything?
    • 1948, 坂口安吾, ヤミ論語:
      もとより、作(さっ)家(か)は自(みずか)らの文(ぶん)章(しょう)に全(すべ)ての責(せき)任(にん)を負(お)うている。
      Motoyori, sakka wa mizukara no bunshō ni subete no sekinin o oute iru.
      Of course, the writer bears all of the responsibility for what he writes.

Synonyms

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  • 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
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