Kanji

尽

尽

exhaust, use up, run out of, deplete, befriend, serve

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

6 strokes

Radical

尸部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ジン, サン

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

つくす, -つくす, -づくし, -つく, -づく, -ずく, つきる, つかす, さかづき, ことごとく, つか, つき

Common Readings

ジン, つ…かす, つ…きる, つ…くす

Example sentences

尽くす つくす
最善を尽くしましたが、結果は残念なものでした。

I did my best, but the result was disappointing.

我々 われわれ
我々は最善を尽くすことを誓います。

We swear to do our best.

理不尽 りふじん
そんな理不尽な要求は到底受け入れられない。

Such an unreasonable demand is completely unacceptable.

沙汰の限り さたのかぎり
そんな理不尽な要求は、沙汰の限りだ。

Such an unreasonable demand is preposterous.

尽きる つきる
長い交渉の末、ついに体力が尽きてしまった。

After long negotiations, my physical strength finally gave out.

冥加 みょうが
このような賞をいただき、役者冥加に尽きます。

Receiving such an award is the highest honor for an actor (lit. exhausts my luck as an actor).

立ち尽くす たちつくす
火災の跡を前にして、彼はただ立ち尽くしていた。

He just stood there transfixed before the ruins of the fire.

茫然 ぼうぜん
予想外のニュースに、彼は茫然と立ち尽くした。

He stood there dumbfounded at the unexpected news.

埋め尽くす うめつくす
広場は人々で埋め尽くされた

The square was filled with people.

落書き らくがき
公園の壁は、色鮮やかな落書きで埋め尽くされていた。

The park walls were completely covered with colourful graffiti.

Example Vocabulary

尽くす

つくす

to exhaust; to devote; to do to the best of one's ability

理不尽

りふじん

unreasonable; irrational; unjust

尽きる

つきる

to be exhausted; to run out; to end

立ち尽くす

たちつくす

to stand still; to be transfixed; to stand rooted to the spot

埋め尽くす

うめつくす

to fill up; to crowd; to pack

焼き尽くす

やきつくす

to burn up completely; to reduce to ashes

力尽きる

ちからつきる

to be exhausted; to use up all one's strength

尽力

じんりょく

efforts; exertion; to strive

全力を尽くす

ぜんりょくをつくす

to do one's best; to exhaust one's efforts

燃え尽きる

もえつきる

to burn out; to be exhausted; to use up one's energy

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