Word Meaning 徹する
てっする
tessuru
徹する is read as てっする (tessuru) and means to do throughout (e.g. the night).
Meaning
English
- to do throughout (e.g. the night)
- to devote oneself (to)
- to do intently and exclusively
- to penetrate
- to sink in
Reading
Kana
てっする
Romaji
tessuru
Stroke Sequence
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3彼女は仕事に徹することに決めた。
かのじょはしごとにてっすることにきめた。
She decided to devote herself entirely to her work.
夜を徹するか否か。
To work all night, or not.
大学出たての新人は資料を作ったり、コピーをとったりと裏方仕事に徹するのだろうと、勝手に想像していたのですが見事に裏切られました。
I had imagined that the newbies fresh from university would probably be stuck with all the backstage work - collecting reference material, getting copies and such but I couldn't have been proved more wrong.