ばんのう – Vocabulary details

ばんのう

Meanings

Adjective (の)

Noun

1. all-purpose; utility; universal

糸いとって、使つかいこなせばマジに万ばん能のうだな。Thread is seriously versatile once you learn to use it well.

2. all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent; all-round (e.g. athlete)

歌うたは万ばん能のうの力ちからなんかじゃない。A song is not an all-powerful force.

Alt. forms

万ばん能のう

99%

ばんのう

Pitch accent

ば

んのう

Used in: 1

Composed of

ばん

completely; absolutely; totally

のう

talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)

Used in vocabulary (11 in total)

ばんのうやく

universal medicine; cure-all; panacea

スポーツばんのう

athletic; good at sports

かがくばんのう

belief that everything can be explained by science; scientism

ばんのうさいぼう

pluripotent cell

ばんのうねぎ

thin green spring onion shoots (esp. minced as a condiment)

ばんのうほうちょう

all-purpose kitchen knife

ばんのうナイフ

all-purpose knife (e.g. Swiss Army knife); utility knife

all-around athlete

the almighty dollar

all-purpose cleaner

universal blood donor (i.e. having blood-type O negative); universal donor

Examples (7 in total)

神かみとてばんのうではない。

Even a god is not omnipotent.

糸いとって、使つかいこなせばマジにばんのうだな。

Thread is seriously versatile once you learn to use it well.

歌うたはばんのうの力ちからなんかじゃない。

A song is not an all-powerful force.