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All / a lot

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Words for how much there is: the whole lot, or plenty of it.

zenbu

drama rank #194

all; everything

全部 ぜんぶ

Means 'all / everything' for things and amounts. zenbu de means 'in total' (zenbu de ikura?).

casual

zenbu tabeta yo

I ate all of it.

全部食べたよ

polite

zenbu tabemashita yo

I ate all of it.

全部食べましたよ

For people use minna, not zenbu. subete (#732) is the formal, written-leaning variant. Trap: zenbu + negative usually means 'not all of it': zenbu wa tabenakatta = I didn't eat all of it (some is left). For 'none at all' say nani mo tabenakatta or zenzen tabenakatta.

takusan

drama rank #418

a lot; many

たくさん

The neutral 'a lot / many' for amounts and counts. It goes straight before the verb with no particle (takusan aru).

casual

mada takusan aru yo

There's still plenty.

まだたくさんあるよ

polite

mada takusan arimasu yo

There's still plenty left.

まだたくさんありますよ

Learn alongside: ippai

ippai

drama rank #512

lots; full

いっぱい

Chatty 'loads'. It also means 'full' (onaka ippai) and 'at my limit' (ippai ippai).

casual

mada ippai aru yo

There's still loads.

まだいっぱいあるよ

polite

mada ippai arimasu yo

There's still lots left.

まだいっぱいありますよ

'Onaka ippai' means 'I'm full'. Ippai is a bit more colloquial than takusan. Ear trap: flat ippai = lots / full; ippai with the pitch high on the first i and falling after it = one cup, a drink (ippai nomi ni ikou = let's go for a drink). Before a noun both ippai and takusan take no (takusan no hito).

Learn alongside: takusan