Japanese dictionary

Dictionary: “言葉を尽くす”

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.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off

Kanji details

Kun/On information

言

On: げん;ごん
Kun: い.う;こと
Stroke count: 7

・say

・word

葉

On: よう
Kun: は
Stroke count: 12

・leaf

・plane

・lobe

・needle

・blade

・spear

・counter for flat things

・fragment

・piece

尽

On: じん;さん
Kun: つ.くす;-つ.くす;-づ.くし;-つ.く;-づ.く;-ず.く;つ.きる;つ.かす;さかづき;ことごと.く;つか;つき
Stroke count: 6

・exhaust

・use up

・run out of

・deplete

・befriend

・serve