JLPT N1 · Verb

尽くす (tsukusu)

尽くす (つくす, tsukusu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to use up; to exhaust”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: つくす
Romaji: tsukusu
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

to use up; to exhaust; to run out of · godan verb, transitive
to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to serve; to work (for a cause) · godan verb, intransitive
to do to exhaustion; to do completely; to do fully · suffix, godan verb · after the -masu stem of a verb

Example sentences

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.

Tatoeba #199625

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.

Tatoeba #230025

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 尽くす

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	尽くす	つくす tsukusu
Polite (~masu)	尽くします	つくします tsukushimasu
Negative	尽くさない	つくさない tsukusanai
Polite negative	尽くしません	つくしません tsukushimasen
Past	尽くした	つくした tsukushita
Polite past	尽くしました	つくしました tsukushimashita
Negative past	尽くさなかった	つくさなかった tsukusanakatta
Te-form	尽くして	つくして tsukushite
Potential	尽くせる	つくせる tsukuseru
Passive	尽くされる	つくされる tsukusareru
Causative	尽くさせる	つくさせる tsukusaseru
Volitional	尽くそう	つくそう tsukusou
Imperative	尽くせ	つくせ tsukuse
Conditional (~ba)	尽くせば	つくせば tsukuseba

Kanji in 尽くす

尽

exhaust, use up, run out ofジン・サン・つ.きる・つ.くす · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 尽くす.

尽きるつきるto be used up

Source: JMdict entry 1370090 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.