尽くす
Japanese
    
| Kanji in this term | 
|---|
| 尽 | 
| つ Grade: S | 
| kun’yomi | 
| Alternative spellings | 
|---|
| 盡くす (kyūjitai) 尽す | 
Etymology
    
From Old Japanese [script needed] (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 | [tsùkúꜜsù] | 
| Imperative (命令形) | 尽くせ | つくせ | [tsùkúꜜsè] | 
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 尽くされる | つくされる | [tsùkúsáréꜜrù] | 
| Causative | 尽くさせる | つくさせる | [tsùkúsáséꜜrù] | 
| Potential | 尽くせる | つくせる | [tsùkúséꜜrù] | 
| Volitional | 尽くそう | つくそー | [tsùkúsóꜜò] | 
| Negative | 尽くさない | つくさない | [tsùkúsáꜜnàì] | 
| Negative perfective | 尽くさなかった | つくさなかった | [tsùkúsáꜜnàkàttà] | 
| Formal | 尽くします | つくします | [tsùkúshímáꜜsù] | 
| Perfective | 尽くした | つくした | [tsùkúꜜshìtà] | 
| Conjunctive | 尽くして | つくして | [tsùkúꜜshìtè] | 
| Hypothetical conditional | 尽くせば | つくせば | [tsùkúꜜsèbà] | 
Verb
    
尽くす • (tsukusu) godan (stem 尽くし (tsukushi), past 尽くした (tsukushita))
| Japanese verb pair | |
|---|---|
| active | 尽くす | 
| mediopassive | 尽きる | 
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
    
尽くす • (-tsukusu)
- to do to exhaustion, to do something completely
- 言い尽くす- iitsukusu
- to say completely
 
 -  2005, LindaAI-CUE (lyrics), “エージェント夜を往く (Ējento yoru o iku) [Agent goes in the night]”, in THE IDOLM@STER [THE IDOLM@STER]:
 
- 言い尽くす
Usage notes
    
Attach after the 連用形 (ren'yōkei) of a verb.
References
    
- c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 18, poem 4122)
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