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徹する

てっする

Readings

てっする

Meanings

  1. 1.
    vs-s, vito penetrate; to sink in
  2. 2.
    vs-s, vito devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively
  3. 3.
    vs-s, vito do throughout (e.g. the night)

Kanji breakdown

N515 strokesGrade 8

Example sentences

大学出たての新人は資料を作ったり、コピーをとったりと裏方仕事に徹するのだろうと、勝手に想像していたのですが見事に裏切られました。

I had imagined that the newbies fresh from university would probably be stuck with all the backstage work - collecting reference material, getting copies and such but I couldn't have been proved more wrong.

夜を徹するか否か。

Should I stay up all night or not?

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徹するてっする

to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)

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