also: ずくし
Attaches to nouns to mean 'every kind of that thing' or 'a full assortment of'. Common in set phrases like 国尽くし (all the countries) or 料理尽くし (a full range of dishes).
This shop has all sorts of famous products from all over Japan.
Tonight we enjoyed a meal featuring all kinds of fish dishes.
collection of treasures; assortment of lucky items · treasure pattern; lucky-item design
illustrated guide to famous places in Kyoto
having absolutely nothing left; being out of everything; absolutely nothing
Standard kanji spelling for the suffix meaning 'all sorts of'.
Kana spelling, often used when the kanji is not needed or for clarity.
Variant kanji spelling, less common but still used.
Irregular kana usage (ずくし instead of づくし); encountered occasionally but non-standard.
Derived from the verb 尽くす (つくす, 'to exhaust, to use up'), with rendaku voicing to づくし. The suffix sense developed from the idea of exhausting all possibilities of something, hence 'all sorts of'.