完全|かんぜんkanzen[0]heiban (flat)
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- na-adjective, no-adjectiveperfect; complete
Conjugation
| Plain form | 完全(かんぜん) |
|---|---|
| Polite (desu) | 完全です(かんぜんです) |
| Negative (dewa nai) | 完全ではない(かんぜんではない) |
| polite (dewa arimasen) | 完全ではありません(かんぜんではありません) |
| Past (datta) | 完全だった(かんぜんだった) |
| Past negative (dewa nakatta) | 完全ではなかった(かんぜんではなかった) |
| Te form (de) | 完全で(かんぜんで) |
| Adverbial (ni) | 完全に(かんぜんに) |
| Conditional (nara) | 完全なら(かんぜんなら) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym完璧かんぺきNeutralFlawless, with not a single defect; stresses the absence of flaws more than 「完全」, which centers on completeness and thoroughness.
- SynonymパーフェクトNeutralLoanword for something flawless; rates performances and results, and also means a perfect game or full marks. Unlike 「完全」, it does not stress being complete.
- Synonym文句なしもんくなしCasualColloquial: beyond criticism or dispute, as in 「文句なしの優勝」.
- SynonymすっかりNeutralAdverb for having turned completely into a state, as in 「すっかり忘れた」; not used before a noun.
- SynonymまるっきりCasualColloquial adverb, mostly with a negative: not at all, or completely.
- SynonymまったくNeutralAdverb: completely, truly; with a negative it means not at all; also an exclamation like 'good grief'.
- Synonym万全ばんぜんWrittenWritten style: leaving nothing to chance, fully prepared, as in 「万全を期す」「万全の態勢」.
- Synonym完全無欠かんぜんむけつWrittenFour-character idiom, written style: perfect and without any flaw, stronger in tone than 「完全」.
- Synonym無欠むけつWrittenWritten style: having no defects; mostly seen in set phrases like 「完全無欠」 and rarely used alone.
- Related上々じょうじょうNeutralExcellent, going very well, as in 「出来は上々」; judges the result as good rather than calling it complete.
- RelatedバッチリCasualColloquial adverb: just right and sure to succeed, as in 「準備はバッチリ」.
- Related完備かんびNeutralFully equipped with all the necessary facilities, conditions, materials and so on, as in 「冷暖房完備」; 「完全」 is a general word for lacking nothing and has wider use.
- Related一切いっさいNeutralAll, everything; often with a negative to mean not at all or none whatsoever, as in 「一切関係ない」.
- Related十全じゅうぜんWrittenWritten style: perfect in every way and thorough, as in 「十全の準備」.
- Related完膚なきまでかんぷなきまでWrittenWritten idiom: thoroughly, leaving nothing intact, as in 「完膚なきまでに叩きのめす」.
- Related全備ぜんびWrittenWritten and rare: fully equipped and complete; 「完備」 is the usual word.
- Related徹頭徹尾てっとうてつびWrittenFour-character idiom, written style: from start to finish, through and through, as in 「徹頭徹尾反対する」.
- Antonym不完全ふかんぜんNeutralAntonym: lacking something, incomplete, as in 「不完全燃焼」.
Use 「完全」 for something lacking nothing or done thoroughly. For flawless perfection say 「完璧」 or 「パーフェクト」; for preparation that leaves nothing to chance, 「万全」; for fully equipped facilities, 「完備」. In casual speech 「バッチリ」 covers preparations, and the adverbs 「すっかり」 and 「全く」 mean 'completely'. 「完全無欠」 and 「十全」 are written intensifiers; 「上々」 praises a good result; 「一切」 and 「丸っきり」 go with negatives; 「不完全」 is the antonym.
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