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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

adverb

whole; entirely; in its entirety

usually written using kana alone

Emphasizes that something is taken or used as a complete unit, without cutting, dividing, or leaving parts out. Often used with verbs like 食べる, 使う, 飲み込む, 覚える.

魚さかなを丸まるごと一いっ匹ぴき食たべた。
I ate a whole fish, bones and all.
この本ほんは丸まるごと暗あん記きする価か値ちがある。
This book is worth memorizing in its entirety.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を丸まるごと食たべるto eat something whole (without cutting or peeling)
このミニトマトは皮かわも丸まるごと食たべられます。
You can eat these cherry tomatoes whole, skin and all.
〈物もの〉を丸まるごと使つかうto use the entirety of something without discarding parts
魚さかなを丸まるごと使つかってスープを作つくった。
I made soup using the whole fish.
〈物もの〉を丸まるごと飲のみ込こむto swallow something whole
蛇へびはネズミを丸まるごと飲のみ込こんだ。
The snake swallowed the mouse whole.
〈事こと〉を丸まるごと覚おぼえるto memorize something in its entirety
先せん生せいはこの文ぶん章しょうを丸まるごと覚おぼえるように言いった。
The teacher told us to memorize this whole passage.
〈物もの〉を丸まるごと冷れい凍とうするto freeze something whole, without cutting it up first
大だい根こんを丸まるごと冷れい凍とうしておいた。
I froze the whole daikon radish without cutting it.

Kanji

丸round, full (month), perfection
事matter, thing, fact
毎every

Related words

全ぜん部ぶN5
全部 simply means 'all' or 'the whole amount', while 丸ごと emphasizes the unbroken, undivided state of the object.
丸まる々まるN1
丸々 and 丸ごと both mean 'wholly, entirely' and share the root 丸, but 丸々 is more often used for abstract completeness (e.g. 丸々一日) while 丸ごと stresses a physical object kept whole.
そっくりN3
そっくり can mean 'entirely' but often implies a perfect copy or resemblance; 丸ごと focuses on the physical wholeness of a single item.

Opposites

一いち部ぶN2
一部 means 'a part' of something, the opposite of 丸ごと's sense of taking or using the whole thing undivided.

Don't confuse with

そのままN3
そのまま means 'as it is, unchanged', while 丸ごと specifically means 'whole, in one complete piece' rather than merely 'without alteration'.
丸まる々まるN1
丸ごと means 'whole, uncut, in one piece' (as with food or objects), while 丸々 more often modifies a quantity, duration, or shape and is not tied to physical wholeness of an item.

Written forms

丸まるごと
Standard kanji-kana spelling; usually written in kana.
丸まる事ごと
irregular kanji usage
Irregular kanji usage; not recommended for learners.
丸まる毎ごと
irregular kanji usage
Irregular kanji usage; not recommended for learners.

Etymology

Compound of 丸 (まる, 'round, whole') and ごと ('together with, including'). The ごと element is a suffix meaning 'in its entirety' or 'as a whole', also seen in words like 皮ごと (with the skin on).