JLPT N4 vocabulary

全然meaning and reading

Reading and pitch accent

ぜんぜん0Heiban · flat

Meaning

  1. (not) at all, (not) in the slightest (with neg. sentence)
  2. wholly, entirely, completely, totally
  3. (colloquial) extremely, very

Example sentences

  1. あの子供こどもは顔かおを見みても、 男おとこかどうか全然ぜんぜん分からわない。

    Even if I look at that child's face, I don't know if the child is a boy or not.

  2. 弟おとうとは昨日きのうの試験しけんに落ちおた。 頭あたまがよくないと言ういより全然ぜんぜん勉強べんきょうしなかったせいだ。

    My little brother failed the exam yesterday. Rather than saying that he is not smart, it is because he did not study at all.

  3. 一日いちにちに 16 時間じかん続けつづて仕事しごとはできないこともないが、 全然ぜんぜん楽らくじゃないでしょう？

    It's not that you can't work 16 hours straight in a day, but it's not easy at all, is it?