1.
to exhaust, to use up
To use completely.
力を尽くす。
To do one's best.
全力を尽くす。
To give one's all.
手を尽くしたが見つからなかった。
I tried every means but couldn't find it.
2.
to devote oneself, to serve
To give one's all to someone or something.
家族のために尽くす。
To devote oneself to one's family.
社会のために尽くす。
To devote oneself to society.
彼女は患者のために尽くした。
She devoted herself to the patients.
尽くす means to exhaust completely or to devote oneself wholeheartedly.
TRANSITIVITY:
- Type: 他動詞 (transitive)
- Pair: 尽きる (intransitive, to be exhausted)
COMMON PATTERNS:
- 力を尽くす: to exert all one's effort
- 手を尽くす: to try every means
- 全力を尽くす: to give one's all
- 人に尽くす: to devote oneself to someone
AUXILIARY USE:
Verb stem + 尽くす means "to do completely":
- 言い尽くす: to say everything
- 使い尽くす: to use up completely
RELATED:
- 尽きる: to run out, be exhausted