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皆目 (かいもく, kaimoku) Japanese meaning: (not) at all | Kotomora
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I didn't understand his story at all.
I know absolutely nothing about that matter.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 が 皆かい 目もく わからない to have absolutely no idea about something
I have absolutely no idea what happened.
皆かい 目もく 見けん 当とう がつかない to have no clue at all
I have no idea at all who the culprit is.
皆かい 目もく 気き づかなかった to be completely unaware (of something)
I had absolutely no idea he was lying.
Related words 全然 is a common, casual negative intensifier used in everyday speech, while 皆目 is more formal and literary and often appears in written or serious contexts.
まったく can appear in both positive and negative sentences, whereas 皆目 is restricted to negative contexts and sounds more emphatic about a total lack.
さっぱり is a colloquial way to say 'not at all' with negatives, while 皆目 carries a more formal, written-language tone.
とんと is an old-fashioned, literary word for 'not at all' very close to 皆目 in register, though 皆目 is somewhat more common today.
皆目 is used with a negative to mean 'not at all', much like 根っから〜ない, but 皆目 is slightly more formal and literary.
Written forms 皆かい 目もく Usage 92%
Standard kanji spelling; commonly used in the negative pattern 皆目〜ない.
かいもく Usage 8%
Etymology Compound of 皆 (all, everything) and 目 (eye, sight), originally meaning 'as far as the eye can see' or 'in every respect'. The modern negative-only usage developed from the idea of 'even looking everywhere, there is nothing'.
