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使い果たす · godan verb (-su)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	使つかい果はたす	使つかい果はたさない
Polite	使つかい果はたします	使つかい果はたしません
Past polite	使つかい果はたしました	使つかい果はたしませんでした
Past	使つかい果はたした	使つかい果はたさなかった
Te-form	使つかい果はたして	使つかい果はたさないで
Desire	使つかい果はたしたい	使つかい果はたしたくない
Potential	使つかい果はたせる	使つかい果はたせない
Passive	使つかい果はたされる	使つかい果はたされない
Causative	使つかい果はたさせる	使つかい果はたさせない
Causative passive	使つかい果はたさせられる	使つかい果はたさせられない
Volitional	使つかい果はたそう
Polite volitional	使つかい果はたしましょう
Imperative	使つかい果はたせ	使つかい果はたすな
Conditional	使つかい果はたせば	使つかい果はたさなければ
Tara conditional	使つかい果はたしたら	使つかい果はたさなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

use up; exhaust; squander

Emphasizes completely depleting a resource, often money, time, or energy. Can be neutral or negative depending on context.

給きゅう料りょうを使つかい果はたしてしまった。
I used up my entire salary.
彼かれは遺い産さんをあっという間まに使つかい果はたした。
He squandered his inheritance in no time.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を使つかい果はたすto use up/exhaust something entirely (money, energy, time, etc.)
旅りょ行こうで持もっていたお金かねを全ぜん部ぶ使つかい果はたした。
I used up all the money I had on the trip.
力ちからを使つかい果はたすto exhaust one's strength/energy completely
彼かれはマラソンの最さい後ごで力ちからを使つかい果はたした。
He used up all his strength by the end of the marathon.

Kanji

使use, send on a mission, order
果fruit, reward, carry out
遣dispatch, despatch, send

Related words

使つかい切きる
使い切る focuses on completely using up a set or intended amount, while 使い果たす emphasizes total depletion, often with a sense of waste or exhaustion.
浪ろう費ひN1
浪費する specifically means to waste money or time carelessly, whereas 使い果たす simply describes exhausting a resource completely, with waste only implied by context.
消しょう耗もうN2
消耗する is often used for gradually depleting energy or supplies through use, while 使い果たす stresses reaching the point of total exhaustion.
傾かたむけるN1
使い果たす means to use something up completely, while 傾ける in this sense (財産を傾ける) means to squander or ruin something, often a fortune or household.
溶とかすN2
使い果たす means 'to use up completely' and is a more neutral way to say what the slang sense of 溶かす expresses about squandering money.

Opposites

温おん存ぞん
温存する means to conserve or keep something in reserve, the opposite of 使い果たす which means to use it all up.

Built from

使つかう+果はたす

Written forms

使つかい果はたす
Standard kanji spelling; high news frequency.
使つかい果はたす
Variant without okurigana た; less common but still seen.
遣つかい果はたす
Uses the less common 遣 kanji for つかう; rarely encountered.
遣つかい果はたす
Rare variant combining 遣 and omitted okurigana.

Etymology

Compound of 使う (つかう, 'to use') and 果たす (はたす, 'to accomplish' or 'to exhaust'). The latter adds the nuance of carrying out an action to its end, hence 'to use completely.'