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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.

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

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