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万策尽きる
bansakutsukiru
to exhaust all possible means, to come to the end of one's resources, to reach the end of one's tether, to be at one's wits' end, to play one's last card
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  1. bansakutsukiru to exhaust all possible means, to come to the end of one's resources, to reach the end of one's tether, to be at one's wits' end, to play one's last card
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Kanji Breakdown
万
Ten Thousand, 10,000
On: まん,ばん Kun: よろず
3 strokes N5
策
Scheme, Plan, Policy, Step, Means
On: さく
12 strokes N1
尽
Exhaust, Use Up, Run Out Of, Deplete, Befriend, Serve
On: じん,さん Kun: つ.くす,-つ.くす,-づ.くし,-つ.く,-づ.く,-ず.く,つ.きる,つ.かす,さかづき,ことごと.く,つか,つき
6 strokes N1
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Ru-verb (一段動詞)
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万策尽きる → 万策尽きます → 万策尽きて → 万策尽きた

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