
KANJI
尽
exhaust
run out, consume, devote, all, utmost
Kun'yomi
つづ
On'yomi
じんしん
Example sentences
長時間の会議で、彼はついに集中力が尽きてしまった。
During the long meeting, his concentration finally ran out.
プロジェクトを成功させるために、皆が全力を尽くした。
Everyone put forth their best effort to make the project a success.
その作家は、人間の孤独をこれ以上ないほどに語り尽くした。
That author completely exhausted the topic of human loneliness to an unparalleled extent.
Practice exercises
1
尽
Answer
exhaustuse uprun outdevote
2
尽
Answer
つきるつくすじん
3
尽きる
to run out; to be used up; to expire
Answer
つきる
4
尽力
effort; exertion; endeavour
Answer
じんりょく
5
無尽蔵
inexhaustible; bottomless
Answer
むじんぞう
6
一網打尽
catching everything in one haul; roundup; wholesale arrest
Answer
いちもうだじん