全ぜん米べい

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

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

all of America; pan-American; nationwide (US)

Refers to the entire United States; often used in news to describe nationwide events, rankings, or organizations.

全ぜん米べいで公こう開かいされた映えい画がが大だいヒットした。
The movie released nationwide in the US became a huge hit.

彼かれは全ぜん米べいランキングで1位いになった。

He reached number one in the US national rankings.

Usage patterns

全ぜん米べいで〈動どう詞し〉to happen/spread across the whole US
その映えい画がは全ぜん米べいで大だいヒットした。
The movie was a huge hit across the whole US.
全ぜん米べい〈数かず〉位いranked nth in the entire US
彼かの女じょのアルバムは全ぜん米べい1位いを獲かく得とくした。
Her album reached number one in the whole US.
全ぜん米べいに広ひろがるto spread across the whole US
そのニュースは全ぜん米べいに広ひろがった。
The news spread across the entire United States.

Kanji

全whole, entire, all
米rice, USA, metre

Related words

全ぜん国こくN3
全米 specifically means 'all of the United States', while 全国 is the generic word for 'the whole country' and can refer to Japan or any nation.

Don't confuse with

全ぜん英えい
全米 refers to the whole of the United States, while 全英 uses the same construction to mean the whole of the United Kingdom (e.g. in tournament names), so learners can mix up which country is meant.

Word family

全ぜん米べい一いち
number one in all of America; best in America
全ぜん米べい購こう買ばい部ぶ協きょう会かい
(former) National Association of Purchasing Management (USA); NAPM

Etymology

Compound of 全 (ぜん, 'all, entire') and 米 (べい, abbreviation of 米国 'America'). The reading べい for 米 is a Sino-Japanese abbreviation commonly used in compounds referring to the United States.