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1)

尽つくす

#2,438

Inflections of 尽くす
Common
Pitch accent
つ く す
Meaning
  1. ①
    to use up; to exhaust; to run out of
    トロール漁船ぎょせんは沿岸えんがんの魚さかなをとりつくしました。
    Fishing trawlers have fished out all the local waters.
  2. ②
    to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to serve; to work (for a cause)
    あらゆる所ところの人々ひとびとが世界平和せかいへいわに尽つくす民衆みんしゅうの指導者しどうしゃを切望せつぼうしている。
    People everywhere yearn for public leaders dedicated to world peace.
  3. ③
    to do to exhaustion; to do completely; to do fully
    after the -masu stem of a verb
    See also: 食べ尽くす (たべつくす)
Kanji
尽 ジン exhaust, use up, run out of
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人事じんじを尽つくして天命てんめいを待まつ

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Inflections of 人事を尽くして天命を待つ
Pitch accent
じ ん じ を つ く し て て ん め い を ま つ
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Meaning
  1. ①
    man proposes, God disposes; do your best and leave the rest to providence; man does what man can do then awaits the verdict of heaven (or fate)
Kanji
人 ジン person 事 ジ matter, thing, fact 尽 ジン exhaust, use up, run out of 天 テン heavens, sky, imperial 命 メイ fate, command, decree 待 タイ wait, depend on
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