身を尽くす
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Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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身 | 尽 |
み Grade: 3 |
つ Grade: S |
kun'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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身を盡くす (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
[edit]Literally "exhaust one's body".
Phrase
[edit]- (figurative) to wear out with one's heart and soul [since Heian period]
- c. 951–953, Gosen Wakashū (book 13, poem 860; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 20)
- わびぬれば今はたおなじ難波なる身をつくしても逢はむとぞ思ふ
- wabinureba ima hata onaji Naniwa naru mi o tsukushite mo awan to zo omou
- Such misery this; let my name grow again common as the channel stakes of Naniwa, I would cast this body away to gaze on you once again![1]
- わびぬれば今はたおなじ難波なる身をつくしても逢はむとぞ思ふ
- c. 951–953, Gosen Wakashū (book 13, poem 860; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 20)
Usage notes
[edit]Especially in its 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) mi o tsukushi, puns against 澪標 (miotsukushi, “dolphin, channel marker”).
Conjugation
[edit]Stem forms | |||
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Irrealis (未然形) | 身を尽くさ | みをつくさ | mi wo tukusa |
Continuative (連用形) | 身を尽くし | みをつくし | mi wo tukusi |
Terminal (終止形) | 身を尽くす | みをつくす | mi wo tukusu |
Attributive (連体形) | 身を尽くす | みをつくす | mi wo tukusu |
Realis (已然形) | 身を尽くせ | みをつくせ | mi wo tukuse |
Imperative (命令形) | 身を尽くせ | みをつくせ | mi wo tukuse |
Key constructions | |||
Negative | 身を尽くさず | みをつくさず | mi wo tukusazu |
Contrasting conjunction | 身を尽くせど | みをつくせど | mi wo tukusedo |
Causal conjunction | 身を尽くせば | みをつくせば | mi wo tukuseba |
Conditional conjunction | 身を尽くさば | みをつくさば | mi wo tukusaba |
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 身を尽くしき | みをつくしき | mi wo tukusiki |
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 身を尽くしけり | みをつくしけり | mi wo tukusikeri |
Perfect tense (conscious action) | 身を尽くしつ | みをつくしつ | mi wo tukusitu |
Perfect tense (natural event) | 身を尽くしぬ | みをつくしぬ | mi wo tukusinu |
Perfect-continuative tense | 身を尽くせり 身を尽くしたり |
みをつくせり みをつくしたり |
mi wo tukuseri mi wo tukusitari |
Volitional | 身を尽くさむ | みをつくさむ | mi wo tukusamu |
References
[edit]Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 身 read as み
- Japanese terms spelled with 尽 read as つ
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese phrases
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
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- Japanese terms with 2 kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with を
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