使い切る・使いきる・遣い切る|つかいきるtsukaikiru[4]nakadaka (mid-high)

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Which spelling to use
使い切る使い切る(つかいきる) is the most common written form and the one beginners should choose.
使いきる使いきる(つかいきる) is a less common written variant of 使い切る. Recognize it, but choose 使い切る when selecting a form.
遣い切る遣い切る(つかいきる) is the least common of these written forms. Beginners should generally choose 使い切る instead.
Definitions
  1. godan verb, transitive verbto use up; to exhaust; to wear out
    科学者かがくしゃの中なかには百ひゃく年ねん以内いないに世界せかいの石油せきゆ資源しげんを使い切つかいきるだろうと予言よげんする者ものもいる。↗
    Some scientists predict that the world oil reserves will be used up within a century.
Conjugation
Dictionary form使い切る(つかいきる)
Polite (masu)使い切ります(つかいきります)
Negative (nai)使い切らない(つかいきらない)
polite (masen)使い切りません(つかいきりません)
classical zu / nu使い切らず・使い切らぬ(つかいきらず・つかいきらぬ)
Past (ta)使い切った(つかいきった)
polite (mashita)使い切りました(つかいきりました)
Past negative (nakatta)使い切らなかった(つかいきらなかった)
polite (masen deshita)使い切りませんでした(つかいきりませんでした)
Te form使い切って(つかいきって)
Potential使い切れる(つかいきれる)
Passive使い切られる(つかいきられる)
Causative使い切らせる(つかいきらせる)
Causative passive使い切らせられる・使い切らされる(つかいきらせられる・つかいきらされる)
Conditional (ba)使い切れば(つかいきれば)
tara使い切ったら(つかいきったら)
Volitional使い切ろう(つかいきろう)
polite (mashou)使い切りましょう(つかいきりましょう)
Imperative使い切れ(つかいきれ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym使い果たすつかいはたすNeutralUsed of money, possessions or strength spent to the last, as in 「お金を使い果たす」「力を使い果たす」. Close to 「使い切る」, but stresses the sense of exhaustion.
  • Synonym使い尽くすつかいつくすNeutralUses something to the very end with nothing left; the emphasis is on thoroughness, and it does not necessarily carry a nuance of waste.
  • Antonym遣い残すNeutralAntonym: part of the thing is left unused, the opposite of 「使い切る」, which is for using it all up.

For using something up completely, 「使い切る」 is the default. 「使い果たす」 also fits when money or strength is spent to the last. If some is left over, use 「使い残す」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. あるものを全部ぜんぶなくなるまで用もちいること。
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