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し尽くす (しつくす) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

し尽つくす

し

つ

く

す

Meanings

1

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

do everything possible; leave nothing undone; exhaust all efforts

Emphasizes carrying out an action to the fullest extent, leaving no stone unturned. Often used with verbs of effort or preparation.

できることはし尽つくした。
I did everything I could.
準じゅん備びはし尽つくしたので、あとは本ほん番ばんを待

ま

つ

だけ

だ

。

We've made every possible preparation, so now we just wait for the actual event.

Written forms

し尽つくす
Standard kanji-kana spelling. The verb stem し is usually written in kana, while 尽くす is written with kanji.
し尽つくす
Variant with 尽す instead of 尽くす. Less common but still encountered.
為し尽つくす
Rare spelling using the kanji 為 for し. Mostly found in older texts.
為尽しつくす
Rare variant combining 為 and 尽す. Archaic feel.

Kanji

尽exhaust, use up, run out of
為do, change, make

Similar words

やり尽つくす
Similar meaning but uses やる (to do) as the stem. し尽くす is more formal and often implies a thorough, exhaustive effort, while やり尽くす can sound more casual or physical.
尽つくす
The base verb meaning 'to exhaust' or 'to use up'. When attached to the masu-stem of another verb (as in し尽くす), it adds the nuance of doing something completely or to the end.

Etymology

Compound of the masu-stem し of する (to do) and 尽くす (to exhaust, to use up). The combination yields the meaning 'to do completely, to exhaust all possible actions'.