尽きる (つきる) Japanese meaning | KotomoraCommon word›JLPTN1›Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000尽きる · ichidan verb
| Form | Positive | Negative |
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| Dictionary | 尽きる | 尽きない |
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| Polite | 尽きます | 尽きません |
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| Past polite | 尽きました | 尽きませんでした |
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| Past | 尽きた | 尽きなかった |
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| Te-form | 尽きて | 尽きないで |
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| Desire | 尽きたい | 尽きたくない |
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| Potential | 尽きられるalso 尽きれる | 尽きられないalso 尽きれない |
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| Passive | 尽きられる | 尽きられない |
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| Causative | 尽きさせる | 尽きさせない |
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| Causative passive | 尽きさせられる | 尽きさせられない |
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| Volitional | 尽きよう | |
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| Polite volitional | 尽きましょう | |
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| Imperative | 尽きろ | 尽きるな |
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| Conditional | 尽きれば | 尽きなければ |
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| Tara conditional | 尽きたら | 尽きなかったら |
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ガソリン
が
尽
きる
前
に
給
油
しよう
。
Let's refuel before the gas runs out.
Expressions· 10
運の尽きout of luck; end of one's rope 万策尽きるexhaust all means; be at one's wits' end; play one's last card 一言に尽きるto sum it up in one word; ... is the word for it 冥利に尽きるfeel blessed to be in one's position; be thankful for one's good fortune
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愛想が尽きるbe disgusted with; be fed up with; run out of patience with 刀折れ矢尽きてhaving exhausted every available means; having broken one's sword and exhausted one's arrows
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尽きる means 'to run out' or 'be exhausted', typically for resources, while 果てる can overlap but often feels more dramatic or final.
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尽きる is a more formal, literary word for a supply or resource being exhausted, while 無くなる is the everyday word for the same idea.
尽きる is intransitive and means a resource has been used up entirely, whereas 切らす is transitive and focuses on the act of letting something run out.
尽きる is used for a finite resource or supply running out completely, whereas 絶える focuses on an ongoing flow or lineage coming to a stop.
きない
everlasting; inexhaustible; never-ending
be completely exhausted; be used up entirely; run out completely
