Word Meaning なめ尽くす

なめつくす nametsukusu

なめ尽くす is read as なめつくす (nametsukusu) and means to lick (all) up.

Meaning

English

to lick (all) up
to lick all over
to lick clean
to engulf (in flames)
to consume (of fire)
to sweep through
to completely destroy

Reading

Kana

なめつくす

Romaji

nametsukusu

Writing Variants

嘗め尽くす なめつくす nametsukusu
舐めつくす なめつくす nametsukusu
舐め尽くす なめつくす nametsukusu

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 140686 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

尽くす

つくす

to do to exhaustion

論じ尽くす

ろんじつくす

to discuss fully

出尽くす

でつくす

to come out completely

立ち尽くす

たちつくす

to keep standing

八方手を尽くす

はっぽうてをつくす

to try all possible means

人事を尽くす

じんじをつくす

to do as much as is humanly possible

全力を尽くす

ぜんりょくをつくす

to do one's best

死力を尽くす

しりょくをつくす

to make frantic efforts

言葉を尽くす

ことばをつくす

to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade someone or explain something, etc.)

手段を尽くす

しゅだんをつくす

to try everything

見尽くす

みつくす

to see everything

力を尽くす

ちからをつくす

to exert oneself