全体 (Zentai) is a Japanese noun meaning “whole, entirety, to begin with, in the first place”.
Meanings
- noun, adjectival noun, adverbwhole; entirety
- adverbto begin with; in the first place
- adverb... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")
Examples
町全体が水没した。
The entire town was under water.
体全体がだるいです。
My whole body feels heavy.
町全体が停電になった。
The whole town was blown out.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).