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尽かす (つかす) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

尽つかす

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Meanings

1

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

use up; exhaust; run out of

General sense of depleting a resource or supply. Can be used for concrete things like money or abstract things like patience.

資し金きんを尽つかしてしまった。
We used up all our funds.
彼かれは才さい能のうを尽つかし

た

わけ

で

は

ない

。

It's not that he exhausted his talent.

2

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

give up on; lose patience with; be fed up with

Almost exclusively used in the set phrase 愛想を尽かす, meaning to become completely disgusted or fed up with someone and cut ties. The literal sense is 'to exhaust one's amiability'.

See also: 愛想を尽かす

彼かれの無む責せき任にんさに愛あい想そを尽つかした。
I got fed up with his irresponsibility and gave up on him.

Written forms

尽つかすUsage24%
Standard kanji spelling. The verb is often used in the set phrase 愛想を尽かす.
つかすUsage76%
Kana spelling is acceptable, especially in casual writing or when the kanji is not needed.

Kanji

尽exhaust, use up, run out of

Similar words

尽つきる
尽きる is the intransitive counterpart meaning 'to run out' or 'to be exhausted'. 尽かす is transitive and means 'to use up' or 'to exhaust something'.
使つかい果はたす
使い果たす also means 'to use up completely', but is more common in modern Japanese for concrete resources. 尽かす is somewhat literary and often appears in fixed expressions.

Etymology

Derived from the verb 尽く (tsuku, 'to be exhausted') with the transitive/causative suffix す (su). The kanji 尽 carries the meaning of 'exhaust' or 'use up'.