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徹底 (てってい): thoroughness, completeness — Japanese vocabulary

徹底 is read てってい and means "thoroughness, completeness". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

徹底

Reading
てってい · tettei
Translation
thoroughness, completeness
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
てっていが

Example

彼は徹底した利己主義者だ。

かれはてっていしたりこしゅぎしゃだ。

He is a thorough-going egoist.

Kanji in this word

  • 徹 — penetrate, thorough
  • 底 — bottom

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