尽づくし

also: ずくし

Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

Attaches to nouns to mean 'every kind of that thing' or 'a full assortment of'. Common in set phrases like 国尽くし (all the countries) or 料理尽くし (a full range of dishes).

この店みせは日本にほん全ぜん国こくの名めい産さん品ひん尽づくしです。
This shop has all sorts of famous products from all over Japan.
今こん夜やは魚さかな尽づくしの料りょう理りを楽たのしんだ。
Tonight we enjoyed a meal featuring all kinds of fish dishes.

Kanji

尽exhaust, use up, run out of

Related words

ずくめ
ずくめ also means 'entirely' or 'completely', but it emphasizes being covered or filled with something, often with a nuance of uniformity (e.g., 黒ずくめ 'all in black'). 尽くし focuses on variety and assortment.

Word family

国くに尽づくし
list of province names
宝たから尽づくし
collection of treasures; assortment of lucky items · treasure pattern; lucky-item design
洛らく中ちゅう尽づくし
illustrated guide to famous places in Kyoto
ないないづくし
having absolutely nothing left; being out of everything; absolutely nothing

Written forms

尽くしUsage36%
- づくし
  Standard kanji spelling for the suffix meaning 'all sorts of'.
- ずくし
  irregular kana usage
づくしUsage64%
Kana spelling, often used when the kanji is not needed or for clarity.
尽し
- づくし
  Variant kanji spelling, less common but still used.
- ずくし
  irregular kana usage
ずくし
irregular kana usage
Irregular kana usage (ずくし instead of づくし); encountered occasionally but non-standard.

Etymology

Derived from the verb 尽くす (つくす, 'to exhaust, to use up'), with rendaku voicing to づくし. The suffix sense developed from the idea of exhausting all possibilities of something, hence 'all sorts of'.