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焼き尽くす (やきつくす) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

焼やき尽つくす

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Meanings

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godan verb (-su), transitive verb

burn completely; consume by fire; reduce to ashes

Emphasizes total destruction by fire, leaving nothing behind. Often used for buildings, objects, or abstract things like energy.

火か事じで家いえが焼やき尽つくされた。
The house was completely burned down in the fire.
彼かれは怒いかりで心こころを焼やき尽つくした。
He was consumed by anger.

Written forms

焼やき尽つくす
Standard kanji spelling.
焼やきつくす
Kana spelling of the second element; less common but still used.
焼やき尽つくす
Variant with 尽す instead of 尽くす; acceptable but less standard.

Kanji

焼bake, burning
尽exhaust, use up, run out of

Similar words

燃もやす
燃やす means 'to burn' in general, while 焼き尽くす emphasizes burning something completely until nothing remains.
焼やく
焼く is a broader verb for 'to burn, grill, bake', whereas 焼き尽くす specifically means to burn something to ashes or to consume entirely by fire.

Etymology

Compound of 焼き (continuative form of 焼く 'to burn') + 尽くす 'to exhaust, use up'.