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まるっきり (marukkiri) Japanese meaning: completely | Kotomora

まるっきり

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Common word›JLPTN1›Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all

usually written using kana alone

Emphatic adverb meaning 'completely' or 'absolutely'; often used in negative sentences to mean 'not at all'. Similar to まるきり but more colloquial and emphatic.

See also: まるきり

彼かれの言いっていることはまるっきりわからない。

I don't understand what he's saying at all.

この料りょう理りはまるっきり味あじがしない。

This dish has absolutely no flavor.

Usage patterns

丸まるっきり〈動どう詞し〉ないto not do/know something at all
彼かれは英えい語ごが丸まるっきり話はなせない。
He can't speak English at all.
丸まるっきり別べつ人じんa completely different person (in appearance or behavior)
髪かみを切きったら丸まるっきり別べつ人じんになった。
After getting a haircut, he looked like a completely different person.
丸まるっきりだめだto be utterly no good/hopeless at something
料りょう理りは丸まるっきりだめだ。
I'm completely hopeless at cooking.

Kanji

丸round, full (month), perfection
切cut, cutoff, be sharp

Related words

まるきり
まるきり and 丸っきり mean the same 'completely/not at all', but 丸っきり is the more colloquial, emphatic form heard in casual speech.
全まったくN3
全く is a more formal and versatile word for 'completely', while 丸っきり is distinctly colloquial and leans toward negative statements.
全ぜん然ぜんN5
全然 is the everyday casual word for 'not at all' with negatives, very close to 丸っきり but even more common in spoken Japanese.

Don't confuse with

まるでN3
丸で can mean 'completely' like 丸っきり, but it much more often means 'as if/just like' in comparisons, a sense 丸っきり lacks.

Written forms

丸まるっきり
Kanji form is rare; it is rarely used kanji form.
丸まるっ切きり
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; it is rarely used kanji form.

Etymology

Derived from まるきり with an emphatic geminate consonant (っ) inserted; the base まるきり is itself a compound of まる (completely) and きり (only).