～っぱい
〜ppai
Formation
Noun + で + いっぱい (Note: written as いっぱい, read as 'ippai')
Expresses fullness or completeness; 'full', 'full of', 'filled with'.
When to use
いっぱい: full of (荷物でいっぱい).
Explanation
The ～っぱい grammar point is used to convey that something is filled or packed with something else. Commonly used as 『Noun + でいっぱい』 (e.g., 荷物でいっぱい) to mean 'full of X'.
Example sentences
Totality (Entirely / Full Of / Covered In)
- Noun ずくめ~zukumeN1Denotes 'entirely' or 'nothing but' the preceding noun.
- Noun に限る~ni kagiruN1Expresses the idea that 'nothing but', 'nothing is better…
- ～だらけ〜darakeN2Indicates that something is full of or covered with a…
- Noun まみれ~mamireN1Expresses a state in which something is entirely covered…
- Noun + ぐるみ〜gurumiN1Describes 'entirely', 'all together', or 'as a whole group'.
Corpus examples (60)
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The little restaurant on the corner always has a lot of custom.
しかしその後罪悪感でいっぱいになりある晩机に向かって座った。
But then, full of guilt, I sat down at my desk one evening.
着るものがないなんて、よく言えるわね？タンスの中、服でいっぱいじゃない。
How can you say that you have nothing to wear? Your closet is full of clothes.
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I'm filled with love for you.
６月末に参加者を募ったら１週間弱で約５００席が予約でいっぱいになった。
When participants were sought at the end of June all, about 500, seats were reserved in under a week.
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My hovercraft is full of eels.
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The cinema was filled with people.
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The room was so full of smoke that I could hardly breathe.
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The room was full of smoke.
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The room became filled with smoke.
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The auditorium is filled to capacity with anxious applicants.
メアリーの洋服ダンスは、何年も袖を通していない服でいっぱいです。
Mary's wardrobe is full of clothes she hasn't worn for years.
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Life is full of chances.
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The room was crowded with furniture.
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He is full of anxiety to please his family.
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The room is full of flowers.
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Their garden is full of very beautiful flowers all the year round.
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He has a large basket full of flowers.
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The garden was full of beautiful flowers.
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The fields abound in wild flowers.
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The garden was filled with flowers.
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The hills were full of pretty flowers.
そしてまもなくショベルカーがやってきて、ひなぎくの花でいっぱいの丘を掘って道路をつくりはじめました。
Pretty soon along came a steam shovel and dug a road through the hill covered with daisies.
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This hall was full of people.
「本当にゴミでいっぱいなんだ」と言われ、部屋のドアを開けたところ、そこはまさに異世界だった。
Warning me “It really is completely filled with trash”, I opened the door. What lied behind was nothing less than a whole other world.