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jmdict 1395620 Active (id: 2072746)
全然 [ichi1,news1,nf16]
ぜんぜん [ichi1,news1,nf16]
1. [adv]
《with neg. sentence》
▶ (not) at all
▶ (not) in the slightest
2. [adv]
《neg. context, e.g. 全然反対》
▶ wholly
▶ entirely
▶ completely
▶ totally
3. [adv] [col]
《pos. context, e.g. 全然いいよ》
▶ extremely
▶ very



History:
5. A 2020-06-19 07:45:42  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Maybe it should be spelled out a bit. I don't think sense 2 is "col".
  Diff:
@@ -23,0 +24 @@
+<s_inf>neg. context, e.g. 全然反対</s_inf>
@@ -31,0 +33 @@
+<s_inf>pos. context, e.g. 全然いいよ</s_inf>
4. A* 2020-06-14 05:32:50 
  Comments:
sense 1: zenzen ... nai

sense 2: zenzen chigau, zenzen dame (negative polarity words)

sense 3: zenzen ii, zenzen heiki, zenzen daijoubu

sense 3 is same as sense 2 but used with a positive word. it should be glossed the same. this usage is proscribed, so (col)
3. A* 2020-06-14 01:03:30  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
全然いいよ! I'd translate as "that's 
totally fine!" but this usage is col, 
isn't it? shouldn't sense 2 be col-tagged?
2. A 2019-12-17 23:52:06  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
171 Tanaka sentences, mostly sense 1. I couldn't see any for sense 3.
1. A* 2019-12-16 23:53:10  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gg5, daijr
  Comments:
Adding sense.
  Diff:
@@ -18 +18,3 @@
-<gloss>not at all (with neg. verb)</gloss>
+<s_inf>with neg. sentence</s_inf>
+<gloss>(not) at all</gloss>
+<gloss>(not) in the slightest</gloss>
@@ -24,0 +27,7 @@
+<gloss>totally</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&adv;</pos>
+<misc>&col;</misc>
+<gloss>extremely</gloss>
+<gloss>very</gloss>

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