entirely; full of; all (the same)

ずくめ means completely filled with one thing, with no exceptions. Attach it to a noun (黒, いいこと, ごちそう). Unlike だらけ it can be positive, and it stresses that everything, without exception, is that one thing.

Examples

• 今年ことしはいいことずくめの一いち年ねんだった。

  Kotoshi wa ii koto zukume no ichinen datta.

  This year was a year full of nothing but good things.

• 彼女かのじょは黒くろずくめの服装ふくそうで現あらわれた。

  Kanojo wa kuro zukume no fukusou de arawareta.

  She appeared dressed all in black.

Vocabulary in these examples

• 今年 this year
• いい good
• 一 one
• 年 year; age
• 彼女 she, her

Related patterns · Manner and accompaniment

• 〜ながらに while; as it is (unchanged state)
• 〜かたわら while also; on the side
• 〜がてら while; on the way to; combining with
• 〜まみれ covered in; smeared with
• 〜めく to show signs of; to become -like