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八方手を尽くす (はっぽうてをつくす) — to try all possible means | Kumi Dictionary

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Kanji Vocab
八方手を尽くす

八方手を尽くす

八はっぽ方うて手を尽つくす

to try all possible means

Kanji Vocab Daily Life22 strokes

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はっぽうてをつくす

Verb

1.

to try all possible means

ANIMATION

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Speed1.0x

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Kanji that make up this word

や・や.つ・やっ.つ・よう…(7)

eight・eight radical (no. 12)

かた・-かた・-がた…(9)

direction・person・alternative

て・て-・-て・た-…(2)

つ.きる・つ.くす・つ.かす・-づ.く・-ず.く・ことごと.く…(2)

exhaust・use up・run out of・deplete・befriend…(1)

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