全て

Japanese
Kanji in this term
全
すべ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Originally the -te conjunctive form of Old Japanese-derived 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

全て (hiragana すべて, rōmaji subete)

  1. entirely; all
    • 1947, 海野十三, 断層顔:
      では、私 (わたし)の方 (ほう)で御尋 (おたず)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.

Synonyms

Noun

全て (hiragana すべて, rōmaji subete)

  1. everything, all
    • 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)ての責任 (せきにん)を負 (お)うている。
      Motoyori, sakka wa mizukara no bunshō ni subete no sekinin o outeiru.
      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
  • 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
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