Grammar a Day - Level 1 - 〜尽くめ (zukume)

〜尽くめ (zukume) - Full of / A lot of

--- Notes ---
Noun + ずくめだ。
Noun + ずくめ + の + Noun

--- Examples ---
その学校は規則ずくめだ。
That school is full of rules.

幸せずくめに見えた彼女にも人知れぬ悩みがあったんだね。
The girl that seemed full of happiness even had hidden worries.

彼は全身黒ずくめだった。
He was wearing all black.

日本語能力試験の一級も無事合格したし、今年はいいことずくめだった。
I managed to pass JLPT level 1 with no problems, this year was full of so
many good things.

--- Comments ---
Similar in some ways to 'だらけ' and 'まみれ' and it seems to have the same
meaning as '全て〜ばかり' or '〜ばかりたくさんある'.
It often has the form of Adjective+こと+ずくめ
(contributor: blabby)

ずくめ also written 尽くめ added to a noun means 100% so.But there are a
lot of nouns and noun phrases which to do accept ずくめ.
(contributor: bamboo4)

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