全すべて

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 500

Meanings

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

usually written using kana alone

Refers to the entirety of something; used as a noun or with の to modify another noun.

usually written using kana alone

Used adverbially to mean 'entirely' or 'completely'; often interchangeable with 全部.

全すべての〈人ひと〉all people; everyone
全すべての人ひとに平へい等とうなチャンスがある。
Everyone has an equal opportunity.
全すべて〈物もの〉でできているto be made entirely of ~
このケーキは全すべて手て作づくりでできている。
This cake is made entirely by hand.
全すべてを〈動どう詞し〉to do something to everything (e.g. lose it all, sacrifice everything)
彼かれは事じ故こで全すべてを失うしなった。
He lost everything in the accident.
全すべてが〈形けい容よう詞し〉everything is (in a certain state)
全すべてが順じゅん調ちょうに進すすんでいる。
Everything is going smoothly.
全すべては〈事こと〉次し第だいだeverything depends on ~
全すべては本ほん人にんの努ど力りょく次し第だいだ。
Everything depends on one's own effort.

全ぜん部ぶN5sense 1
全部 is casual and often used for countable items or parts, while 全て is more formal and abstract, emphasizing total completeness.
一いっ切さいN2sense 1
一切 is typically paired with negative verbs to mean 'nothing at all', whereas 全て works in both positive and negative sentences.
全ぜん体たいN3sense 1
全体 emphasizes the whole as a single unit or system, while 全て focuses on the sum of every individual part.
万ばん事じN1sense 1
万事 is a somewhat literary word for 'everything' used mainly in fixed expressions, while 全て is the general-purpose word for totality.

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ことごとくN1
すべて is the neutral, everyday word for 'all' or 'everything', while ことごとく is a more literary, emphatic adverb stressing that not a single exception occurs.
あらゆるN3
全て is a noun/adverb meaning 'everything' or 'all', while あらゆる is a pre-noun adjective that must directly precede a noun, as in あらゆる手段 (every means).
全ぜんN3
全て is a standalone, slightly formal word for 'all/everything', whereas 全 only appears fused to the front of another noun like 全国 or 全員.
ありとあらゆる
全て is a neutral word for 'all/everything', whereas 有りとあらゆる stresses an exhaustive, no-exception range of 'every conceivable' thing.
残のこらずN2
すべて is a slightly more formal, literary word for 'everything' that can also modify nouns (すべての), while 残らず is used adverbially to stress that nothing remains.
すっかりN4
すべて means 'everything, all' and is used for totality of items or people, whereas すっかり describes a state or action being fully completed or changed.
みんなN5
すべて is a more literary, formal way to say 'everything/all', while みんな is the everyday spoken word.
何なにもかも
すべて is a formal, neutral word for 'all/everything' used in writing and speech alike, while 何もかも carries a stronger emotional or exasperated nuance of totality.

全すべてUsage15%
Standard kanji spelling; widely used in formal and informal writing.
すべてUsage84%
Kana spelling is very common and often preferred in everyday writing.
総すべてUsage1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; may be encountered in older texts.
凡すべてUsage<1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
渾すべてUsage<1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
総すべてUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not recommended for active use.
惣すべてUsage0%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

The historical derivation is uncertain; the kanji 全 (all) and 総 (total) are conventionally associated with the meaning.