Japanese

使

つかいきる
Meaning: to use up; to exhaust; to consume completely
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 使い切る 使い切ない
Polite 使い切ます 使い切ません
Past 使い切た 使い切なかった
Polite + Past 使い切ました 使い切ませんでした
Te-form 使い切て 使い切なくて
Potential 使い切られる 使い切られない
Passive 使い切られる 使い切られない
Causative 使い切させる 使い切させない
Imperative 使い切ろ 使い切るな

Handwriting

使
い
切
る

Example sentences

He used up all of his allotted time.
将棋の対局で、持ち時間を使い切ってしまった。
In the Shogi match, I used up all my allotted time.

Usage Notes

Commonly used for physical resources like money, or abstract resources like time and energy.

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