全体

Meaning

1. nadj-noadv
   whole; entirety
2. adv
   to begin with; in the first place
3. adv
   ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")

Example sentences

• 何が起こったの？アパート全体水浸しだよ。

  What happened? There's water all over the apartment.

• 死亡事例が19件と全体の20％を超えており、過労死の深刻な実態が浮き彫りになった。

  With 19 cases of death forming over 20% of the whole, the grave reality of overwork-deaths has been thrown into relief.

• 城からそのふもとをゆるやかに湾曲して流れる川全体が見えました。

  From the castle we could see the whole curve of the river around its base.