noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun
Used as a noun or no-adjective to mean all that one has or all that exists in a given context. Often appears in phrases like ありったけの力 (all one's strength) or ありったけの金 (all the money one has).
I mustered all my strength.
I cooked using all the ingredients I had in the fridge.
as much as possible; to the utmost
Adverbial use meaning doing something with everything one has, or to the greatest extent possible. Common in expressions like ありったけ食べる (eat as much as one can) or ありったけ叫ぶ (shout as loud as one can).
He called for help as loud as he could.
Even after eating as much as I could, I'm still hungry.
Applies to each form listed below
Rare kanji form; not commonly used.
Rare kanji form; not commonly used.
Derived from 有り (ari, 'to be, to exist') + 丈 (take, 'length, measure'), literally 'as much as there is'. The exact historical development is uncertain, but it has been used since at least the Edo period to mean 'all there is'.