How to say "totally" in Japanese

• すっかりJLPT N4approx.Common
  adverb (with と)For 'totally' as in a complete change or something entirely done — fully recovered, completely forgotten. A mimetic adverb that captures the whole extent of a state, not an excited emphasis.
  私はすっかり息いきが切きれた。↗

  I am completely out of breath.
• 一向いっこうCommon
  adverbThe same adverb as 一向に without the に. Like it, it almost always accompanies a negative, so for 'totally' it really yields 'not ... at all'; seldom the word for a plain affirmative.
• 一向にいっこうにCommon
  adverbThe form with に added. In practice it pairs with negatives — 'not getting any better', 'not understanding at all' — so it rarely renders a plain affirmative 'totally'.
• まるっきりJLPT N1approx.Common
  adverbAn emphatic 'completely, absolutely' that also serves as '(not) at all' in negative sentences — totally different, or not understanding in the slightest. Normally written in kana rather than with kanji.
  おもってたのとまるっきり違ちがいますねえ。↗

  It's really different from what I expected.
• 超ちょうJLPT N1approx.Common
  prefix, adverbThe colloquial intensifier: 'totally' as in 'that's totally amazing', heard in casual speech rather than formal writing. It expresses degree — 'extremely', 'really' — not a completed change of state.

Choose 「すっかり」 for a completed change or state, 「まるっきり」 for emphatic 'completely' or 'not at all', 一向 and 「一向に」 for negative 'not at all' rather than plain 'totally', and 超 for casual spoken emphasis.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• すっかりall
• 一向いっこうcompletely
• 一向にいっこうにcompletely
• まるっきりcompletely
• どっぷりtotally (immersed in something, e.g. liquid, work)
• まるきりcompletely
• 一味も二味もひとあじもふたあじもtotally (different)
• 万ばんcompletely
• ずぶcompletely
• まるっきしcompletely
• すっぱりcompletely (quitting, etc.)
• からっきしquite
• どextreme
• すぱっとcompletely (quitting, etc.)
• かいくれ(not) at all
• 超ちょうextremely
• 軒並みのきなみall
• 全然ぜんぜんwholly
• いかにもvery
• およそcompletely
• 猛烈もうれつvery
• がらり(changing) completely
• トータルでtotally
• もろcompletely
• おおよそcompletely
• からりcompletely (forget, change, etc.)
• はたとcompletely
• どんprecisely