全身全霊(ぜんしんぜんれい)

ぜんしんぜんれい
noun, four-character idiom
with all one's heart and soul; wholeheartedly
1. with all one's heart and soul; one's whole being
Putting all of one's physical and spiritual energy into something.
全身全霊(ぜんしんぜんれい)を込(こ)めて演奏(えんそう)した。
I played with all my heart and soul.
この仕事(しごと)に全身全霊(ぜんしんぜんれい)で取(と)り組(く)みます。
I will devote myself wholeheartedly to this work.
選手(せんしゅ)たちは全身全霊(ぜんしんぜんれい)をかけて戦(たたか)った。
The athletes fought with everything they had.

STRUCTURE (YOJIJUKUGO):
全(ぜん) (whole) + 身(しん) (body) + 全(ぜん) (whole) + 霊(れい) (spirit)
Literal: "whole body, whole spirit"

COLLOCATIONS:

  • 全身全霊(ぜんしんぜんれい)を込(こ)めて (pouring in one's whole being)
  • 全身全霊(ぜんしんぜんれい)で取(と)り組(く)む (tackle wholeheartedly)
  • 全身全霊(ぜんしんぜんれい)をかける (stake one's all)
  • 全身全霊(ぜんしんぜんれい)を捧(ささ)げる (dedicate oneself completely)

SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS:

  • 一生懸命(いっしょうけんめい) - with all one's might
  • 全力(ぜんりょく)で - with full effort
  • 心血(しんけつ)を注(そそ)ぐ - pour one's heart into
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Added 2026.1.18 21:03 · Revised 2026.1.19 21:17
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