合計|ごうけいgoukei[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbsum total; total amount
    この数字すうじの列れつを合計ごうけいしなさい。↗
    Add up this column of figures.
Conjugation
Dictionary form合計する(ごうけいする)
Polite (masu)合計します(ごうけいします)
Negative (nai)合計しない(ごうけいしない)
polite (masen)合計しません(ごうけいしません)
classical zu / nu合計せず・合計せぬ(ごうけいせず・ごうけいせぬ)
Past (ta)合計した(ごうけいした)
polite (mashita)合計しました(ごうけいしました)
Past negative (nakatta)合計しなかった(ごうけいしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)合計しませんでした(ごうけいしませんでした)
Te form合計して(ごうけいして)
Potential合計できる(ごうけいできる)
Passive合計される(ごうけいされる)
Causative合計させる(ごうけいさせる)
Causative passive合計させられる(ごうけいさせられる)
Conditional (ba)合計すれば(ごうけいすれば)
tara合計したら(ごうけいしたら)
Volitional合計しよう(ごうけいしよう)
polite (mashou)合計しましょう(ごうけいしましょう)
Imperative合計しろ(ごうけいしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym総計そうけいWrittenA written/formal term for the total of everything added up (「総計百万円」); largely interchangeable with 「合計」.
  • SynonymトータルNeutralLoanword for a total, or for taking things as one whole (「トータルで考える」); very common in speech.
  • Synonym総和そうわWrittenWritten, mathematical term for the sum of all the values; in everyday speech say 「合計」.
  • Synonym和わWrittenWritten mathematical term for the sum (「二数の和」); it can also mean harmony.
  • Synonym集計しゅうけいNeutralTallying or aggregating data (「アンケートを集計する」); stresses the compiling process rather than the final figure.
  • Synonym合算がっさんWrittenWritten term for combining amounts in one calculation (「収入を合算する」); typical of tax and insurance contexts.
  • Synonym通算つうさんNeutralThe total counted from start to finish (「通算100勝」); typical of sports records.
  • Related累計るいけいNeutralThe cumulative total up to now (「累計販売数」); stresses continual adding-up rather than a single sum.
  • Related加算かさんNeutralAdding an amount on top (「ポイントを加算する」); stresses the extra addition, while 「合計」 is the resulting total.
  • Related総締めそうじめNeutralA rare expression for the final overall total; use 「合計」 in everyday speech.
  • Antonym個別こべつNeutralHandling things one by one, separately — the opposite of adding them together as 「合計」 does.

Use 「合計」 for the total of things added together; in speech 「トータル」 is the common choice. For running totals to date use 「累計」 or 「通算」, for tallying data 「集計」, and for adding an amount on top 「加算」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 数値すうちを足し合たしあわせること。また足し合たしあわされた結果けっかの数値すうち。
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