Word details

使い切る

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 使い切る.

Dictionary

Entry

使い切る使いきる遣い切るかいきTransitiveGodan verbFreq #12474
1

to use up; to exhaust; to wear out

Examples
科学者の中には百年以内に世界の石油資源を使い切るだろうと予言する者もいる。
Some scientists predict that the world oil reserves will be used up within a century.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

使

use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause

8 strokesFrequency 219JLPT N3Grade 3

On

Kun

つか.うつか.い-つか.い-づか.い

cut, cutoff, be sharp

4 strokesFrequency 324JLPT N3Grade 2

On

セツサイ

Kun

き.る-き.るき.り-き.り-ぎ.りき.れる-き.れるき.れ-き.れ-ぎ.れ

Nanori

きつきりぎり

dispatch, despatch, send, give, donate, do, undertake

12 strokesFrequency 664JLPT N1Grade 8

On

ケン

Kun

つか.う-つか.い-づか.いつか.わすや.る

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