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表層形
つくさく
ツクサク
動詞

つくさく (ツクサク)

Tsukusaku · つくさく — to use up, to exhaust, to run out of; to devote oneself (to), to do one's utmost (for), to serve, to work (for a cause); to do to exhaustion, to do completely, to do fully

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つくさく in rōmaji: tsukusaku.

動詞 非自立可能 * *
📝 尽くす 🔤 文語四段-サ行 📐 ク語法
Updated: 2026年10月3日
📖 Grammar Information
表層形 (Surface)
つくさく
見出し語 (Lemma)
尽くす
読み (Reading)
ツクサク
品詞 (POS)
動詞・非自立可能・*・*
活用型 (Conj. Type)
文語四段-サ行
活用形 (Conj. Form)
ク語法
表記 (Orthography)
つくさく
読み・基本形
ツクス
表記・基本形
つくす
見出し語の読み
ツクス
💡 English Meaning

つくさく means “to use up, to exhaust, to run out of; to devote oneself (to), to do one's utmost (for), to serve, to work (for a cause); to do to exhaustion, to do completely, to do fully” — full definition & examples →

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つくす (ツクス) — main entry →

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The surface form (つくさく) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (尽くす) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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