JLPT N3 · Adverbs of degree

まったく

entirely; not at all

Stroke order of まったく

4 characters, 9 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

ま · 3 strokesっ · 1 strokesた · 4 strokes く · 1 strokes

Memory trick

MATTAKU — 'mat, tacky' completely tacky: entirely.

Parts: Adverb; with negatives 'not at all'.

The characters in まったく

まま — ma (3 strokes)
たた — ta (4 strokes)
くく — ku (1 strokes)

Example sentence

まったく分からない。

まったくわからない。

I don't understand at all.

More words: Adverbs of degree

さっぱりnot at all; refreshed よほどvery; greatly あまりにtoo; excessively ますますmore and more ほんのmere; just a わりとrelatively; rather いっそうeven more せめてat least たったonly; merely めったにrarely

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