全身|ぜんしんzenshin[0]heiban (flat)

1. no-adjectivewhole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait)
   彼女かのじょは全身ぜんしんずぶぬれだった。↗

   She was soaked from head to foot.
2. prenominal modifiersystemic

• Synonym五体ごたいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Originally the five body parts—head, two hands, two feet—used to mean the whole body, as in 「五体満足」; 「全身」 is more general and widely used.
• Synonym身体しんたいNeutralNeutral, though it leans formal. Refers to the body itself; 「全身」 emphasizes coverage of the entire body.
• Synonym体からだNeutralThe everyday word for the body, the most common in daily use; 「全身」 emphasizes the body from head to toe.
• Antonym局部きょくぶNeutralA limited part or section, the opposite of 「全身」, as in 「局部麻酔」.

Use 「全身」 for the body from head to toe, as in 「全身麻酔」. For the body in everyday talk, 「体」 is the default. 「五体」 also means the whole body but appears mostly in 「五体満足」; the opposite of 「全身」 is 「局部」.

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1. 頭あたまのてっぺんから足あしのつま先さきまで。