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尽きる · ichidan verb

Meanings

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

Intransitive verb describing the natural endpoint of a supply, resource, time, or abstract thing. Often used with が.

〈物もの〉が尽つきるfor a supply or resource to run out
資し金きんが尽つきて、計けい画かくは中ちゅう止しになった。
The funds ran out, and the project was called off.
〈事こと〉に尽つきるto boil down entirely to something; to be nothing but
彼かれの成せい功こうは努ど力りょくに尽つきると思おもう。
I think his success comes down entirely to hard work.

運うんの尽つきout of luck; end of one's rope
万ばん策さく尽つきるexhaust all means; be at one's wits' end; play one's last card
精せいが尽つきるbe exhausted; run out of energy
一ひと言ことに尽つきるto sum it up in one word; ... is the word for it
冥みょう利りに尽つきるfeel blessed to be in one's position; be thankful for one's good fortune

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愛あい想そが尽つきるbe disgusted with; be fed up with; run out of patience with
刀かたな折おれ矢や尽つきてhaving exhausted every available means; having broken one's sword and exhausted one's arrows
刀かたな折おれ矢や尽つきるexhaust all options; have no means left

尽つくすN2
尽きる is intransitive ('a supply runs out'), while 尽くす is its transitive partner meaning to use something up deliberately, as in 力を尽くす.
尽つかす
尽かす is a transitive verb meaning to exhaust something completely, most often paired with 尽きる in the idiom 愛想が尽きる／愛想を尽かす.

切きれるN4
切れる often implies a sudden or definite break (time, patience, stock), while 尽きる emphasizes a gradual depletion down to nothing.
出で切きるN1
尽きる is intransitive and describes a resource or feeling gradually running out, while 出切る emphasizes a stock or supply being completely and finally used up.
枯こ渇かつ
尽きる is a general verb for anything coming to an end or being used up, while 枯渇 specifically stresses gradual depletion of a resource, fund, or liquid.
果はてるN1
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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無なくなるN4
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.
切きらすN3
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.
絶たえるN2
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.

A native Japanese intransitive verb paired with transitive 尽くす, expressing that a supply, process, or state reaches its end.