つくす

尽 くす

Common word

  1. Godan verb with 'su' ending, transitive verb

    to use up, to exhaust, to run out of

    • トロール漁船は沿岸の魚をとりつくしました。
      Fishing trawlers have fished out all the local waters.

  2. Godan verb with 'su' ending, intransitive verb

    to devote oneself (to), to do one's utmost (for), to serve, to work (for a cause)

    • あらゆる所の人々が世界平和に尽くす民衆の指導者を切望している。
      People everywhere yearn for public leaders dedicated to world peace.

  3. suffix, Godan verb with 'su' ending

    to do to exhaustion, to do completely, to do fully
    after the -masu stem of a verb