Moto 尽: Exhaust; Use Up; Run Out OfKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ジン、サン
- Kun'yomi
- 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
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 163 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ジン・サン)
- 理不尽りふじんunreasonable; irrational
- 尽力じんりょくefforts; exertion
- 無尽蔵むじんぞうinexhaustible supply
- 縦横無尽じゅうおうむじんfreely; right and left
- 一夜大尽いちやだいじんovernight millionaire
- 一網打尽いちもうだじんround-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest
- 三月尽さんがつじんlast day of March; last day of the third lunar month (marking the end of spring)
- 不尽ふじんI'll write again soon (closure for a letter, etc.); more anon
- 二月尽にがつじんlast day of February; last day of the second lunar month
- 凋尽ちょうじんwithering; decay
- 大尽だいじんrich person; millionaire
- 尽じんlast day (of the month)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 出尽くすでつくすto be all out; to exhaust
- 尽きるつきるto be used up; to be run out
- 尽くすつくすto exhaust; to run out
- 燃え尽きるもえつきるto burn out
- 立ち尽くすたちつくすto stand stock still
- 論じ尽くすろんじつくすto deal exhaustively with
- し尽くすしつくすto leave nothing undone; to do all in one's might
- ないない尽くしないないづくしhaving absolutely nothing (left); being out of everything
- なめ尽くすなめつくすto lick clean; to lick fully
- むさぼり尽くすむさぼりつくすto consume greedily
- ベストを尽くすベストをつくすto do one's best
- 一言に尽きるひとことにつきるto sum it up in one word; ... is the word for it
- 人事を尽くして天命を待つじんじをつくしててんめいをまつman proposes, God disposes; man does what man can do then awaits the verdict of heaven (or fate)
- 人事を尽くすじんじをつくすto do as much as is humanly possible; to try every possible means
- 使い尽くすつかいつくすto use up; to squander
- 全力を尽くすぜんりょくをつくすto do one's best; to put forth every effort
- 冥利が尽きるみょうりがつきるto be frowned upon by Fortune
- 冥利に尽きるみょうりにつきるto feel blessed to be in one's position; to be thankful for one's good fortune
- 刀折れ矢尽きてかたなおれやつきてhaving exhausted every available means; having broken one's sword and exhausted one's arrows
- 刀折れ矢尽きるかたなおれやつきるto exhaust all one's options
- 力を尽くすちからをつくすto exert oneself; to make efforts
- 力尽きるちからつきるto use up all one's strength
- 力尽くちからずく(brute) force; using all one's might
- 力尽くでちからずくでby sheer strength; by brute force
- 力尽けるちからづけるto encourage (someone); to cheer (someone) up
- 勘定尽くかんじょうずくcalculating, profit-or-loss mentality
- 取り尽くすとりつくすto deplete; to take all
- 取尽くすとりつくすto deplete; to take all
- 嘗め尽くすなめつくすto lick clean; to lick fully
- 国尽くしくにずくしenumeration of the names of countries
- 埋め尽くすうめつくすto fill to capacity; to pack
- 売り尽くすうりつくすto sell out; to exhaust one's stock
- 委曲を尽くすいきょくをつくすto explain or describe a situation or matter in greatest details
- 宝尽くしたからづくしcollection of treasures; collection of luck-bringing items
- 尽かすつかすto use completely; to use up
- 尽きせぬつきせぬeternal; everlasting
- 尽きないつきないeverlasting; inexhaustible
- 尽きはてるつきはてるto be exhausted
Other readings
- し尽すしつくすto leave nothing undone; to do all in one's might
- 不尽山ふじさんMount Fuji; Mt. Fuji
- 八方手を尽くすはっぽうてをつくすto try all possible means
- 出尽すでつくすto be all out; to exhaust
- 力尽ちからずく(brute) force; using all one's might
- 力尽でちからずくでby sheer strength; by brute force
- 勘定尽かんじょうずくcalculating, profit-or-loss mentality
- 売り尽すうりつくすto sell out; to exhaust one's stock
- 大尽振舞だいじんぶるまいroyal treatment; entertain someone extravagantly
- 宝尽したからづくしcollection of treasures; collection of luck-bringing items
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