1.
comprehensive coverage; exhaustive inclusion
covering or including all items, topics, or aspects without omission
全分野を網羅する。
To cover all fields comprehensively.
この辞書は基本語彙を網羅している。
This dictionary comprehensively covers basic vocabulary.
網羅的な調査を行った。
We conducted a comprehensive survey.
網羅 implies comprehensive, exhaustive coverage of a subject or collection.
KANJI BREAKDOWN:
- 網 (net, mesh)
- 羅 (thin silk, gauze; to spread out)
ETYMOLOGY:
The word evokes the image of a net that catches everything - nothing escapes.
USAGE:
- 網羅する (to cover comprehensively - suru verb)
- 網羅的 (comprehensive, exhaustive - na-adjective)
COMMON CONTEXTS:
- 情報を網羅する (to comprehensively cover information)
- 全項目を網羅する (to cover all items)
- 網羅的なリスト (a comprehensive list)