Word Meaning 徹底

てってい tettei

徹底 is read as てってい (tettei) and means thorough enforcement.

Meaning

English

  1. thorough enforcement
  2. seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
  3. thoroughness
  4. completeness
  5. consistency

Reading

Kana

てってい

Romaji

tettei

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 4170 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

徹底的

てっていてき

thorough

徹底究明

てっていきゅうめい

thorough investigation

徹底抗戦

てっていこうせん

do-or-die resistance

不徹底

ふてってい

inconsistent

周知徹底

しゅうちてってい

dissemination

大悟徹底

たいごてってい

attain divine enlightenment

凡事徹底

ぼんじてってい

do your best

徹夜

てつや

staying up all night

徹する

てっする

to do throughout (e.g. the night)

基底

きてい

basis (linear algebra)

眼底

がんてい

fundus of the eye

正規直交基底

せいきちょっこうきてい

orthonormal basis

Example Sentences

10

しじはてっていてきにじっこうされた。

The instructions were carried out thoroughly.

けいかくはふてっていのためにしっぱいした。

The plan failed due to lack of thoroughness.

I sterilize with utmost care.

I studied it thoroughly.

I'll completely defeat you!

The police thoroughly searched the house.

He made a thorough analysis of the problem.

If you learn English at all, learn it thoroughly.

The police began to go into the murder case.

Investigate thoroughly the bushes where the enemy may be hiding.