How to say "everything" in Japanese

• すべてJLPT N3approx.Common
  no-adjectiveThe broadest and most neutral word: use it whenever you simply mean 'everything' or 'all', with no special nuance. It works for both concrete and abstract senses.
  彼女かのじょは子供こどものために全すべてを犠牲ぎせいにした。↗

  She gave up everything for her children.
• 一切いっさいJLPT N1approx.Common
  no-adjectiveSeldom the word you want for a plain positive 'everything'. In practice it belongs with negatives, where it means 'not ... at all' or 'none whatsoever'.
  それは他たのいっさいに勝かっている。↗

  It is paramount to all the others.
• 物事ものごとJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounCloser to 'things' than to pronoun-like 'everything': it denotes matters and things taken in general, so it fits when 'everything' really means 'things in general' rather than one totality.
  あるがままに物事ものごとを見みるようにしなさい。↗

  Try to see things as they are.
• 万端ばんたんCommon
  nounRarely the word for an ordinary 'everything': it turns up chiefly in set expressions stating that preparations or arrangements are complete, i.e. that everything is in readiness.
• 万事ばんじCommon
  nounTreats 'everything' as the whole of the matters at hand, so it suits remarks on how a situation or undertaking is going — that everything went well, or that everything is settled.
  一事いちじ成なれば万事ばんじ成なる。↗

  Nothing succeeds like success.

Choose 「すべて」 for plain, general 'everything'; 物事 when it means 'things in general'; 万事 for the whole situation or state of affairs; 万端 mainly in set expressions; 一切 chiefly with negatives ('not at all').

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• すべてeverything
• 一切いっさいall
• 物事ものごとthings
• 万端ばんたんall
• 万事ばんじall
• なんでもany
• 一部始終いちぶしじゅうfull particulars
• 事々ことごとeverything
• 事々物々じじぶつぶつeverything
• 諸事万端しょじばんたんeverything
• 何にもなににもeverything
• 万事万端ばんじばんたんeverything
• 何にでもなんにでもeverything
• 何事もなにごともeverything
• 諸事しょじvarious matters
• 百事ひゃくじall
• ありったけall (that one has)
• それもこれもall
• 十割じゅうわりone hundred percent
• なんでもかんでもall sorts of things
• 何でもかでもなんでもかでもall sorts of things
• みなeverything
• 万まんeverything
• 丈たけall (one has)
• 何事なにごとeverything
• 一式いっしきall
• ものthings
• 皆々みなみなeverything
• 委細いさいeverything
• 一通りひととおり(more or less) everything