JLPT N1 · Verb

尽きる (tsukiru)

尽きる (つきる, tsukiru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be used up; to be run out”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: つきる
Romaji: tsukiru
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end · ichidan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

私たちの悩みはつきない。

There is no end to our troubles.

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

Conjugation of 尽きる

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	尽きる	つきる tsukiru
Polite (~masu)	尽きます	つきます tsukimasu
Negative	尽きない	つきない tsukinai
Polite negative	尽きません	つきません tsukimasen
Past	尽きた	つきた tsukita
Polite past	尽きました	つきました tsukimashita
Negative past	尽きなかった	つきなかった tsukinakatta
Te-form	尽きて	つきて tsukite
Potential	尽きられる	つきられる tsukirareru
Passive	尽きられる	つきられる tsukirareru
Causative	尽きさせる	つきさせる tsukisaseru
Volitional	尽きよう	つきよう tsukiyou
Imperative	尽きろ	つきろ tsukiro
Conditional (~ba)	尽きれば	つきれば tsukireba

Kanji in 尽きる

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 尽きる.

尽くすつくすto use up

Source: JMdict entry 1370070 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.