千差万別

せんさばんべつ

Also written せんさまんべつ

Meanings

1. な-adjective, の-adjective, Noun an infinite variety of; multifarious; being extremely varied and wide-ranging

Kanji

• 千 thousand. Read as セン.
• 差 gap
• 万 all. Read as バン.
• 別 separate. Read as ベツ.

Example sentences

• 一口に英会話教材といっても、千差万別だ。
  They all get lumped together as English texts. But in fact these books are extremely varied and wide-ranging.

Word lists

• Yojijukugo (四字熟語)

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