🌏 Region(s): Honshu (Standard)
ことごとく【悉く・尽く】 : kotogotoku | define meaning
kotogotoku
Definition
Adverb
- Completely; utterly; wholly; every (everything, everyone)
- ことごとくきょせつです【悉く虚説です】
kotogotoku kyosetsu desu
"It is a completely baseless rumour", "The whole thing is nothing but a rumour" - こうげきがことごとくはずれた【攻撃が悉く外れた】
kougeki ga kotogotoku hazureta
"The attack was completely off the mark"
- ことごとくきょせつです【悉く虚説です】
Etymology
Adverbialized form of the noun ことごと【事々】 kotogoto "everything".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 悉く 尽く |
| Kana | ことごとく |
| Romanization | kotogotoku |
意味：ことごとく【悉く・尽く】
悉く
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2014, April 21). ことごとく【悉く・尽く】 : kotogotoku | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, December 14, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/3169/kotogotoku/.