How to say "entirety" in Japanese

• 全体ぜんたいJLPT N3approx.Common
  no-adjective, adverbThe general word for 'the whole' or 'the entirety' of something, considered as one unit as opposed to its parts; it works for concrete objects and abstract matters alike.
  私はその話はなしの全体ぜんたいを知しっている。↗

  I know the whole of the story.
• 一切いっさいJLPT N1approx.Common
  no-adjectiveIt means 'all; everything; the whole', but it is most often used with a negative, meaning 'not at all' or 'none whatsoever'; for the plain sense 'the entirety', it is seldom the word you want.
  それは他たのいっさいに勝かっている。↗

  It is paramount to all the others.
• 丸まるJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, noun (prefix)Its best-known meaning is 'circle'; the 'whole; entire' sense turns up chiefly in set phrases describing something taken or left whole, so it is rarely the neutral word for 'entirety'.
  我々われわれは丸まる一いちヶ月かげつ間かん、ブロードウェーで出演しゅつえん予定よていです。↗

  We're booked for the whole month on Broadway.

Use 全体 for the neutral sense 'the whole/entirety of something'; 一切 is at home with negatives ('not at all'), while 丸 is basically 'circle', its 'whole' sense surviving in set phrases.

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• 全体ぜんたいwhole
• 一切いっさいall
• 満遍まんべんentirety
• 丸まるentirety