Beginner’s Guide: Never Worry about Using 全然ぜんぜん

The way to use 全然ぜんぜん has some meanings, so you might have been confused by this word. However, once you figured it out, you could use this word in daily conversations with native speakers. Let me introduce how you correctly use 全然ぜんぜん today!

全然ぜんぜん(zenzen)

At all / Totally / Completely

“全然ぜんぜん” means “At all, Totally and Completely” and when you use negative form of “全然ぜんぜん” which would be “全然ぜんぜん___ない(Not___ at all)” such as “全然ぜんぜん何なにもできない。(I don’t do anything at all)”. Whereas, when using positive form of “全然ぜんぜん” which would be “Totally and Completely” such as “全然ぜんぜん違ちがう(It’s totally/completely different.)”. Furthermore, you could say “全然大丈夫ぜんぜんだいじょうぶ。
(Not at all.)” after a person said “Thank you or I’m sorry”.

Example

お姉ねえちゃんがいるんだけど、全然ぜんぜん似にていないの。 (I have my sister, but we are’t similar at all.) (我有一个姐姐，但我们根本不像。) (언니가 있는데, 전혀 닮지 않았어.) (Tớ có chị gái nhưng mà hai chị em trông chẳng giống nhau chút nào.)

最近さいきん全然ぜんぜん筋きんトレできてないわー。 (I haven’t been able to work out at all lately.) (我最近完全没法训练肌肉啊—。) (요즘 전혀 근육 트레이닝 할 수 없네.) (Dạo này tớ chẳng tập thể hình gì được chút nào cả.)

全然ぜんぜん違ちがうじゃん。 (It’s totally different!) (完全不一样好吗。) (전혀 다르잖아.) (Có phải thế đâu mà.)

日本語にほんごをまだ思おもった通とおりに話はなせないから、全然ぜんぜん楽たのしめないよ。　(I can’t say what I want to say in Japanese, so it’s not fun at all.) (我根本感受不到说日语的乐趣，因为我还无法照我的想法来表达。) (일본어를 아직 생각대로 말할 수 없기 때문에, 전혀 즐길 수 없어.) (Tớ vẫn chưa thể nói được tiếng Nhật trôi chảy như ý muốn nên không hề thấy vui chút nào.)