隅から隅まで

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

Etymology

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

Adverb

隅(すみ)から隅(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
  • 隅々 (sumizumi, “everywhere, all over”, noun)
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