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尽きせぬ (つきせぬ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

尽つきせぬ

つ

き

せ

ぬ

Meanings

1

pre-noun adjectival

eternal; everlasting; endless; inexhaustible

Literary pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi) meaning something that never runs out or ends. Often used with abstract nouns like 思い, 魅力, or 泉.

尽つきせぬ思おもいを胸むねに、彼かれは

Kanji

尽exhaust, use up, run out of

Related words

尽つきる
尽きる is the verb 'to run out, to be exhausted'. 尽きせぬ is the classical negative form used as a pre-noun adjectival, meaning 'that does not run out'.
尽つきない
尽きない is the modern negative form, also used as a pre-noun adjectival, but 尽きせぬ has a more literary, classical feel.

Etymology

Classical negative form of the verb 尽きる (to run out), using the archaic auxiliary verb ぬ (negation). The form せ is the classical imperfective (未然形) of す, the classical verb for 'to do', here used in the negative construction.

旅たび

立だ

っ

た

。

With endless feelings in his heart, he set off on his journey.

この街まちには尽つきせぬ魅み力りょくがある。

This town has an inexhaustible charm.