尽きる

• 読み: つきる
• ローマ字: tsukiru
• 漢字の分解: 尽 (jin/tsu) — exhaust, use up, deplete
• 発音: /tsɯ.ki.ɾɯ/

意味

To be used up; to be exhausted; to run out; to come to an end.

A Group 2 (ichidan) intransitive verb describing the state of something being completely depleted. Used for both concrete resources (food, money) and abstract concepts (patience, topics, luck). Often appears in literary or dramatic contexts to convey finality.

例文

1. 長い議論の末、彼の忍耐は尽きた。
2. 食料が尽きる前に山を下りなければならない。
3. 話題が尽きることなく夜遅くまで語り合った。

使い方ガイド

場面: literature, daily life, survival situations

トーン: dramatic

起源と歴史

From the kanji 尽 meaning to exhaust or deplete. Shares its root with 尽くす (to use up, transitive). The kanji depicts a vessel being emptied to the last drop.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal