徹

Meaning

徹 centers on going all the way through something: penetrating, piercing, or striking home. It extends to doing something thoroughly, like sitting up all night, where you push through until the end.

• 徹底てってい
  N3

  thoroughness; completeness; consistency

• 徹底的てっていてき
  N1

  thorough; exhaustive; complete

• 徹夜てつや
  N3

  staying up all night

• 徹するてっする
  N1

  to penetrate; to sink in

• 冷徹れいてつ

  cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed

• 一徹いってつ

  obstinate; stubborn; inflexible

• 貫徹かんてつ

  accomplishment; realization; attainment; fulfillment; achievement

• 徹頭徹尾てっとうてつび

  thoroughly; through and through; out and out; in every way; from beginning to end; from start to finish

• 不徹底ふてってい

  inconsistent; illogical; unconvincing; not thorough; indefinite; half-way

• 透徹とうてつ

  transparency

• 一徹短慮いってつたんりょ

  stubborn and short-tempered

• 一徹者いってつもの

  stubborn person; diehard

• 三徹さんてつ

  staying up all night three nights in a row; triple all-nighter

• 二徹にてつ

  staying up all night two nights in a row; double all-nighter

• 凡事徹底ぼんじてってい

  doing mundane things properly and thoroughly; thoroughness in all things; attention to detail

• 初志貫徹しょしかんてつ

  carrying out one's original intention

• 周知徹底しゅうちてってい

  making (something) known to everyone; publicizing as widely as possible; dissemination

• 夜を徹するよをてっする

  to stay up all night; to sit up all night; to do something all night

• 大悟徹底たいごてってい

  attain divine enlightenment; perceive absolute truth; experience spiritual awakening

• 完徹かんてつ

  all-nighter; staying up all night

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