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

  1. to do throughout (e.g. the night)
  2. to devote oneself (to)
  3. to do intently and exclusively
  4. to penetrate
  5. to sink in

Reading

Kana

てっする

Romaji

tessuru

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 5896 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

徹底

てってい

thorough enforcement

徹夜

てつや

staying up all night

徹底的

てっていてき

thorough

徹見

てっけん

seeing clearly

徹夜明け

てつやあけ

after staying up all night

徹底究明

てっていきゅうめい

thorough investigation

冷徹

れいてつ

cool-headed

貫徹

かんてつ

penetration

一徹

いってつ

obstinate

不徹底

ふてってい

inconsistent

透徹

とうてつ

transparency

正直一徹

しょうじきいってつ

stubbornly honest

Example Sentences

3

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.

To work all night, or not.

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.