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千般 (せんぱん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

千せん般ぱん

Meanings

1

noun

variety; all kinds

Literary noun meaning a wide variety or many kinds of things. Not used in casual conversation; appears in formal or written contexts.

この図と書しょ館かんには千せん般ぱんの書しょ物もつが収おさめられている。
This library houses a wide variety of books.

Kanji

千thousand
般carrier, carry, all

Similar words

種しゅ々じゅ
種々 is a more common word for 'various' or 'a variety of', used in both spoken and written Japanese, while 千般 is literary and rare.
様さま々ざま
様々 is the everyday word for 'various'; 千般 is much more formal and limited to literary contexts.

Etymology

Compound of 千 (thousand) and 般 (kind, sort), literally 'a thousand kinds'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning 'variety'.