Translation guide
Expresses the sum or overall amount of something. In Japanese, this is commonly conveyed with adverbs like 全部で or 合計で, or by using counters and sentence-ending particles.
There are 5 in total.
A very common and natural way to say 'in total' or 'altogether'. Used with numbers or amounts.
How much is it in total?
There are 20 participants in total.
More formal than 全部で, often used in business or when talking about sums of money, points, etc.
That will be 50,000 yen in total.
What's the total score?
Literally 'putting together', used to give a combined total. Slightly more conversational than 合計で.
How much for these together?
That makes 10 in total.
Loanword from English 'total'. Casual and common in spoken Japanese.
How much in total?
A pattern for listing items and then giving the total. The 〜て form connects the list.
Three apples and five oranges, eight in total.
To introduce a concluding statement after considering everything.
全部で is more casual and general-purpose. 合計で is preferred in formal contexts like business or when dealing with precise sums. 合わせて is similar to 全部で but emphasizes combining separate items.
It's 1000 yen in total. (casual)
The total comes to 1000 yen. (formal)
全部 means 'all' or 'everything', but to mean 'in total' you need the particle で. Saying just 全部いくらですか is unnatural for 'how much in total'; use 全部で.
In total, the plan was a failure.