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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

尽つくす

N1
つくす tsukusu
  1. to exhaust
  2. to run out
  3. to serve (a person)
  4. to befriend
godan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

竭尽;奉献

Examples

  • 彼かれは全ぜん力りょくを尽つくして彼かの女じょを救すくった。
    He did his best to rescue her.
    他竭尽全力救了她。
  • 私わたしたちは全ぜん力りょくを尽つくすつもりです。
    We will do our best.
    我们打算尽全力。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('a942fde509'); // 尽くす
{
  "id": "a942fde509",
  "word": "尽くす",
  "reading": "つくす",
  "romaji": "tsukusu",
  "meanings": [
    "to exhaust",
    "to run out",
    "to serve (a person)",
    "to befriend"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "v5s",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1370090,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼は全力を尽くして彼女を救った。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{全力|ぜんりょく}を{尽|つ}くして{彼女|かのじょ}を{救|すく}った。",
      "en": "He did his best to rescue her.",
      "tatoeba_id": 102904
    },
    {
      "ja": "私たちは全力を尽くすつもりです。",
      "furigana": "{私|わたし}たちは{全力|ぜんりょく}を{尽|つ}くすつもりです。",
      "en": "We will do our best.",
      "tatoeba_id": 165507
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "44fbf128bca73ed7bdbf6b82a1b60fa7827681b7aca91b19a2b71d3fce752f26",
    "meanings": [
      "竭尽",
      "奉献"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼は全力を尽くして彼女を救った。",
        "zh": "他竭尽全力救了她。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "私たちは全力を尽くすつもりです。",
        "zh": "我们打算尽全力。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/a942fde509",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1370090; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "5c404249a68fd1368f37a2ecc319eb43f4d6dc627228de01d9f0585b59a31cbb"
  }
}