万全

• 読み: ばんぜん
• ローマ字: banzen
• 漢字の分解: 万 (man/ban) — ten thousand, all, everything; 全 (zen/sube) — whole, complete, entire
• 発音: /bãnzẽn/

意味

Perfect; flawless; thoroughly prepared; leaving nothing to chance. A state of complete readiness where every contingency is accounted for.

A na-adjective/noun. 万全を期す (to ensure thoroughness, to take every precaution) is a very common set phrase. Used in safety, preparation, and planning contexts. Implies not merely sufficient but utterly complete preparation — not a single gap or weakness remaining.

例文

1. 大会に向けて、選手たちは万全の準備を整えた。
2. 万全を期すため、本番前に何度もリハーサルを行った。
3. 安全対策に万全を尽くしても、完全なリスクゼロは難しい。

使い方ガイド

場面: sports, business, medicine, management

トーン: confident

起源と歴史

Compound of 万 (ban/man, ten thousand/all/everything) and 全 (zen, complete/whole). Together they convey the sense of everything being fully complete — not a single element missing.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal