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JLPT N1 Advanced

一概に

Unconditionally or indiscriminately; used with negatives to reject sweeping generalizations.

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Adverb

You can't generalize...

Indicates that everything is being treated in the same manner regardless of specific circumstances or exceptions.

Example

お金持ち が 必ずしも 幸せ だ と は 、 一概に は 言え ない 。

You can't generalize and say that rich people are always happy.

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一概に
いちがいに
Unconditionally or indiscriminately; used with negatives to reject sweeping generalizations.
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