Word Meaning 八方手を尽くす

はっぽうてをつくす happoute o tsukusu

八方手を尽くす is read as はっぽうてをつくす (happoute o tsukusu) and means to try all possible means.

Meaning

English

to try all possible means

Reading

Kana

はっぽうてをつくす

Romaji

happoute o tsukusu

Stroke Sequence

7 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 43445 Priority G

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

八丈方言

はちじょうほうげん

Hachijō dialects

八つ手網

やつであみ

eight-armed scoop net

手段を尽くす

しゅだんをつくす

to try everything

手を尽くす

てをつくす

to try all possible means

八方

はっぽう

large hanging lantern

八方丸く治まる

はっぽうまるくおさまる

to find a solution (after struggle)

八方美人

はっぽうびじん

flawlessly beautiful woman

八方塞

はっぽうふさがり

being boxed in on all sides

八方円満

はっぽうえんまん

to the satisfaction of all parties

八方行灯

はっぽうあんどん

large hanging paper lantern

八手

やつで

fatsi (Fatsia japonica)

八方破れ

はっぽうやぶれ

full of holes (e.g. argument)