尽かす
つかす
Meanings
- Godan verb, Transitive to use completely; to use up; to exhaust
- to exhaust someone's civility; to give up (on someone) See also: 愛想を尽かす (あいそをつかす).
Kanji
- 尽 exhaust. Read as つかす.
Example sentences
- あいつは優柔不断だから、彼女が愛想尽かしちゃったんだよ。
She got tired of his waffling and dumped him. - 毎晩飲み歩いてばかりいたら、奥さんに愛想尽かされるぞ。
If you stay out drinking every night, your wife is going to leave you. - 彼女は、甲斐性のない夫に愛想を尽かして離婚しました。
Disgusted with her good-for-nothing husband, she divorced him.
Common phrases
- 愛想を尽かす (あいそをつかす) to be disgusted with
Related forms
- 尽きる (つきる) to be used up (intransitive partner)