particle N1 uncommon casualwritten
〜ずくめ — all ~
〜ずくめ ・ ずくめ
Meaning
- all ~ / nothing but ~ — everything is the same kind or quality, top to bottom; can be good or bad
Key sentence
彼女はいつも黒ずくめの服装だ。
She always dresses all in black.
Formation
| Attaches to | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Noun (a small fixed set) | N + ずくめ | いいことずくめ / 規則ずくめ / ごちそうずくめ |
When: Speech and writing; emphasizes that one quality fills the whole picture.
Examples
今年はいいことずくめの一年だった。
This year was nothing but good things from start to finish.
この職場は規則ずくめで息が詰まる。
This workplace is all rules and regulations — it's suffocating.
When you can't use it
- Attaches to a small, fixed set of nouns (黒ずくめ, いいことずくめ, 規則ずくめ, 記録ずくめ) — it is not freely productive.
Easily confused with
Notes
- Unlike まみれ and だらけ (always negative), ずくめ is neutral-to-positive — いいことずくめ means 'nothing but good news'.
See 〜ずくめ in real sentences
Jengo shows 〜ずくめ the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.
Study it in JengoSources Compiled from published Japanese grammar references.