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完膚なきまで (kanpunakimade) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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彼かれ
の
主しゅ
張ちょう
は
完かん
膚ぷ
なきまで
に
論ろん
破ぱ
さ
れ
た
。
His argument was completely refuted.
We defeated the enemy decisively.
Kanji 完 perfect, completion, end 無 nothingness, none, ain't Related words 徹てっ 底てい 的てき に More common and neutral adverb for 'thoroughly', without the nuance of leaving nothing untouched.
完かん 全ぜん に General word for 'completely', lacking the emphatic, destructive nuance of 完膚なきまで.
Written forms 完かん 膚ぷ なきまで
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling.
完かん 膚ぷ 無な きまで
Alternate spelling using the kanji 無 for なき.
Etymology From 完膚 (kanpu, 'unblemished skin') + 無き (naki, classical form of ない, 'not exist') + まで (made, 'until'), literally 'until there is no unblemished skin'. The phrase is used figuratively to mean 'so thoroughly that nothing remains intact'.
