隅から隅まで

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
すみ
Grade: S
すみ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

Compound of (sumi, interior corner) +‎ から (kara, from) +‎ (sumi, interior corner) +‎ まで (made, to, until, up to), literally "from corner to corner".

Adverb edit

(すみ)から(すみ)まで (sumi kara sumi made

  1. (idiomatic) from A to Z, from cover to cover, in every nook and corner

See also edit

  • 隅々 (sumizumi, everywhere, all over, noun)