GrammarN12 min read2026-02-17

〜ずくめ

Express that everything is entirely one thing — all one color, all good news, all rules.

Meaning

「ずくめ」 attaches after a noun or nominalized word and expresses that everything — the whole of something — is entirely in that state. It conveys the idea of "nothing but" or "all."

Formation

Part of speechFormation
NounNoun + ずくめ

Examples

  1. 黒ずくめ(all in black)、ごちそうずくめ(nothing but delicious food)、いいことずくめ(nothing but good things)

  2. めでたいことずくめの一年(a year full of happy events)

  3. 今年はA社とのプロジェクトが成功したし、結婚も出来たし、良い事ずくめの一年だった。
    This year the project with Company A succeeded, I got married too — it was a year of nothing but good things.

  4. 偶然コンビニ強盗が逃走するのを目撃した。犯人は黒ずくめの男だった。
    I happened to witness a convenience store robber fleeing. The suspect was a man dressed all in black.

  5. 転校した先の学校が規則ずくめでうんざりしている。
    The school I transferred to is nothing but rules, and I'm sick of it.

Summary

  • 「〜ずくめ」 means "all...; nothing but..."
  • Attaches to nouns
  • When modifying another noun, the form is 「名詞1ずくめの名詞2」.

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