Translation guide
The complete amount resulting from addition; the whole. In Japanese, this concept is expressed through nouns, adverbs, and set phrases depending on whether you are talking about a numerical total, an overall result, or the entirety of something.
The result of adding numbers together.
The most common word for a numerical total, used in everyday contexts like receipts, scores, and sums.
The total is 5000 yen.
Please calculate the sum total of these numbers.
A more formal term for grand total or aggregate sum, often used in reports or official documents.
This fiscal year's grand total exceeded the previous year's.
Total amount of money; used for budgets, costs, or financial sums.
The total cost of the project reached 100 million yen.
The whole of something, often abstract, such as an experience, effort, or collection.
Refers to the whole or entirety of something. Often used with として (as a whole) or の (of the whole).
As a whole, this plan was a success.
Literally 'when you put everything together', used to introduce a sum total or overall conclusion.
A formal, somewhat literary term for the whole or totality. Rare in everyday speech.
Used to summarize or give the final result of a discussion or calculation.
全体の印象は悪くなかった。
The overall impression wasn't bad.
All in all, his contribution is significant.
社会の総体としての変化を捉える。
To grasp the change of society as a whole.
In the end, he didn't come.
In short, the plan is cancelled.