全ぜん身しん

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

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

whole body; full-length

Refers to the entire body or a full-length representation. Used as a noun or with の to modify another noun.

noun-modifying (irregular)

Medical/technical use, often in compounds like 全身性 (systemic). Acts prenominally.

全ぜん身しんに汗あせをかくto sweat all over one's body
運うん動どうをしたので全ぜん身しんに汗あせをかいた。
I sweated all over after exercising.
全ぜん身しんが痛いたいone's whole body aches
風邪かぜで全ぜん身しんが痛いたい。
My whole body aches because of a cold.
全ぜん身しんで〈事こと〉を表あらわすto express something with one's entire body
ダンサーは全ぜん身しんで喜よろこびを表あらわした。
The dancer expressed her joy with her whole body.
全ぜん身しんを鍛きたえるto train one's whole body
ジムで全ぜん身しんを鍛きたえている。
I'm training my whole body at the gym.

全ぜん体たいN3sense 1
全身 specifically means the whole human body, while 全体 is a broader word for 'the whole' of anything, not limited to bodies.
五ご体たい
全身 is the everyday word for 'the whole body', while 五体 is a more literary term emphasizing the completeness of all limbs and head, mostly seen in set phrases.

半はん身しんN1sense 1
全身 refers to the whole body, while 半身 refers to only the upper or lower half of it, as in 全身浴 vs 半身浴.
局きょく部ぶ sense 2
全身 (systemic, whole-body) contrasts with 局部 (a localized part), as in 全身麻酔 vs 局部麻酔.

一いっ身しん
全身 literally means 'the whole body' in a physical sense, while 一身 refers more abstractly to one's whole self or being, often in the context of responsibility or fate.
全ぜん人じん
全身 (ぜんしん, 'whole body') sounds and looks similar to 全人 (ぜんじん, 'well-rounded person') but refers to the physical body, not a person's character.
前ぜん身しん
前身 (predecessor) and 全身 (whole body) share the identical reading ぜんしん but have completely unrelated meanings, so learners must rely on kanji and context.

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Compound of 全 (zen, 'all, whole') and 身 (shin, 'body').