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全然 (ぜんぜん): Not at all — Japanese vocabulary

全然 is read ぜんぜん and means "Not at all". JLPT N4 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

全然

Reading
ぜんぜん · zenzen
Translation
Not at all
Level
JLPT N4
Pitch accent
ぜんぜんが

Example

フランス語は全然分かりません。

フランスごはぜんぜんわかりません。

I don't understand French at all.

Kanji in this word

  • 全 — whole, complete
  • 然 — natural

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