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見尽くす (みつくす) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
godan verb (-su)
see everything ; see all there is to see
Implies thoroughly viewing or examining something until nothing remains unseen. Often used when one has seen all items in a collection, all sights in a place, or all aspects of something.
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He claims to have seen every hidden corner of the world.
Kanji 尽 exhaust, use up, run out of Similar words 見み る 見る is the general verb for 'to see' or 'to look at', while 見尽くす emphasizes completeness: seeing everything without omission.
見み 渡わた す 見渡す means 'to look out over' or 'to survey' a wide area, focusing on breadth of view, whereas 見尽くす focuses on exhaustiveness of observation.
Etymology Compound of 見 (mi, 'see') + 尽くす (tsukusu, 'exhaust, do completely'). The combination yields the meaning 'to see exhaustively'.