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完膚なきまで (かんぷなきまで) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
expression
completely ; thoroughly ; decisively ; unsparingly ; beyond recognition
Used with に as an adverbial phrase meaning 'so thoroughly that nothing remains untouched or undamaged'. Often used in contexts of defeat, criticism, or destruction.
We defeated the enemy decisively.
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.
Kanji 完 perfect, completion, end 無 nothingness, none, ain't Similar 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.
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'.
