尽くす

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See also: 盡くす

Japanese

Kanji in this term
尽
つ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
盡くす (kyūjitai)
尽す

Etymology

From Old Japanese (tukusu). Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE, spelled phonetically in man'yōgana as 都久須.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「尽くす」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		尽くす つくす
Imperative (命令形) 尽くせ つくせ
Key constructions
Passive 尽くされる つくされる
Causative 尽くさせる つくさせる
Potential 尽くせる つくせる
Volitional 尽くそう つくそー
Negative 尽くさない つくさない
Negative perfective 尽くさなかった つくさなかった
Formal 尽くします つくします
Perfective 尽くした つくした
Conjunctive 尽くして つくして
Hypothetical conditional 尽くせば つくせば

Verb

尽(つ)くす • (tsukusu) godan (stem 尽(つ)くし (tsukushi), past 尽(つ)くした (tsukushita))

Japanese verb pair
active 尽くす
mediopassive 尽きる
  1. To exhaust; deplete; use up.
    • 1632, Diego Collado, Dictionarium Sive Thesauri Linguae Iaponicae Compendium:
      Exhaurio, is: agotar: tçucuxi, u.
      Exhaurio, is: agotar: tçucuxi, u.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. serve, assist

Conjugation

Conjugation of "尽くす" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 尽くさ つくさ tsukusa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 尽くし つくし tsukushi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 尽くす つくす tsukusu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 尽くす つくす tsukusu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 尽くせ つくせ tsukuse
Meireikei ("imperative") 尽くせ つくせ tsukuse
Key constructions
Passive 尽くされる つくされる tsukusareru
Causative 尽くさせる
尽くさす 		つくさせる
つくさす 		tsukusaseru
tsukusasu
Potential 尽くせる つくせる tsukuseru
Volitional 尽くそう つくそう tsukusō
Negative 尽くさない つくさない tsukusanai
Negative continuative 尽くさず つくさず tsukusazu
Formal 尽くします つくします tsukushimasu
Perfective 尽くした つくした tsukushita
Conjunctive 尽くして つくして tsukushite
Hypothetical conditional 尽くせば つくせば tsukuseba
Classical conjugation of "尽くす" (サ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 尽くさ つくさ tukusa
Continuative (連用形) 尽くし つくし tukusi
Terminal (終止形) 尽くす つくす tukusu
Attributive (連体形) 尽くす つくす tukusu
Realis (已然形) 尽くせ つくせ tukuse
Imperative (命令形) 尽くせ つくせ tukuse
Key constructions
Negative 尽くさず つくさず tukusazu
Contrasting conjunction 尽くせど つくせど tukusedo
Causal conjunction 尽くせば つくせば tukuseba
Conditional conjunction 尽くさば つくさば tukusaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 尽くしき つくしき tukusiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 尽くしけり つくしけり tukusikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 尽くしつ つくしつ tukusitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 尽くしぬ つくしぬ tukusinu
Perfect-continuative tense 尽くせり
尽くしたり		 つくせり
つくしたり		 tukuseri
tukusitari
Volitional 尽くさむ つくさむ tukusamu

Suffix

尽(つ)くす • (-tsukusu) 

  1. to do to exhaustion, to do something completely
    言(い)い尽(つ)くす ― iitsukusu ― to say completely

Usage notes

Attach after the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei) of a verb.

References

  1. ^
    c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 18, poem 4122:
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