Word Meaning 言葉を尽くす

ことばをつくす kotoba o tsukusu

言葉を尽くす is read as ことばをつくす (kotoba o tsukusu) and means to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade someone or explain something, etc.).

Meaning

English

  1. to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade someone or explain something, etc.)
  2. to run out of words
  3. to be verbose
  4. to cajole
  5. to talk someone's head off

Reading

Kana

ことばをつくす

Romaji

kotoba o tsukusu

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 31 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Proverb Rank 78750 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

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言い尽す

いいつくす

to tell all

言葉を残す

ことばをのこす

to leave some things unsaid

言葉遣い

ことばづかい

speech

言葉を継ぐ

ことばをつぐ

to continue (to say)

言葉を慎む

ことばをつつしむ

to watch what one says

言葉の壁

ことばのかべ

language barrier

言葉巧み

ことばだくみ

skillful words

言葉

けとば

language

言葉は身の文

ことばはみのあや

words betray one's character

言葉後

ことばじり

slip of the tongue

言葉通り

ことばどおり

as stated