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使い尽くす (つかいつくす) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

使つかい尽つくす

Meanings

1

godan verb (-su)

use up; exhaust; squander

Emphasizes complete consumption or depletion of a resource, often with a negative connotation when implying waste.

給きゅう料りょうを使つかい尽つくしてしまった。
I used up my entire salary.
資し源げんを使つかい

尽つ

くさ

ない

よう

に

気き

を

つけよう

。

Let's be careful not to exhaust our resources.

Kanji

使use, send on a mission, order
尽exhaust, use up, run out of

Similar words

使つかい切きる
使い切る also means 'to use up' but focuses on finishing a set amount, often with a sense of completion. 使い尽くす emphasizes total depletion, sometimes with a nuance of waste.
無む駄だ遣づかい
無駄遣い is a noun/suru-verb meaning 'wasteful spending', while 使い尽くす is a verb focusing on the act of using something until nothing remains.

Etymology

Compound of 使う (tsukau, 'to use') and 尽くす (tsukusu, 'to exhaust').