尽

Meaning

尽 centers on reaching the end of a resource or capacity: exhausting, using up, or depleting something completely. The less common senses of befriending or serving are extensions of giving one's all to a person or task.

• 尽くすつくす
  N2

  to use up; to exhaust; to run out of

• 理不尽りふじん

  unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd

• 尽くずく

  relying entirely on ...; using solely ...

• 尽きるつきる
  N1

  to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end

• 尽力じんりょく

  efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services

• 尽くしづくし

  all sorts of; all kinds of

• 一網打尽いちもうだじん

  round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw

• 燃え尽きるもえつきる

  to burn out

• 尽じん

  last day (of the month)

• 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; as one pleases

• 尽かすつかす

  to use completely; to use up; to exhaust

• 力尽きるちからつきる

  to use up all one's strength

• 無尽むじん

  inexhaustibility

• 立ち尽くすたちつくす

  to keep standing; to stand motionless

• 論じ尽くすろんじつくす

  to discuss fully; to discuss from every angle; to deal exhaustively with (an issue)

• 出尽くすでつくす

  to come out completely; to be fully expressed (of views, ideas, etc.); to be aired fully; to be exhausted; to run out

• 手を尽くすてをつくす
  N1

  to try all possible means

• 至れり尽くせりいたれりつくせり
  N1

  perfect; complete; thorough; leaving nothing to be desired; more than satisfactory

• し尽くすしつくす

  to leave nothing undone; to do all in one's might; to do everything possible

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