GRAMMAR DETAIL
〜限りを尽くして
Indicates using a resource such as strength or wisdom to the fullest extent possible.
Examples
選手たちは力の限りを尽くして、最後までボールを追った。
The players chased the ball to the very end with all their strength.
Words used
皆が力の限りを尽くして問題に取り組んだ。
Everyone tackled the problem with all their strength.
Words used
Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure: As in
力の限りを尽くして, combine限り, the full extent of a resource, withを尽くしてto describe expending all one's strength or other resources.尽くしてis readつくして. - Basic usage:
選手たちは力の限りを尽くして、最後までボールを追った。means that the players gave all their strength to chasing the ball until the end.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Structure compared with 全力を尽くして
- Both
全力を尽くしてand力の限りを尽くしてmean giving all one's strength. In the latter, the whole phrase力の限りis the object of尽くすand takesを.
- Both
- Adverbial use of 力の限り
- In
力の限り走った,力の限りdirectly modifies the intensity of running.力の限りを尽くして走ったinstead connects the act of expending all one's strength through the te-form.
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