尽きます（つきます、tsukimasu）
- to be exhausted

The Japanese verb 尽きます (つきます) primarily means "to run out," "to be exhausted," or "to be used up." It describes a state where something is depleted, finished, or at its end. This can apply to various resources like money, time, energy, or supplies. The core idea is the completion of a resource or the cessation of a state.

⚫︎お金が尽きました。 Translation: I ran out of money. ⚫︎時間も尽きてしまいました。 Translation: Time also ran out. ⚫︎燃料が尽きて、車が止まりました。 Translation: The fuel ran out, and the car stopped.

尽きます (つきます) is used in formal and informal situations. It's often used when you want to express the depletion of something. The topic of the sentence is the thing that is running out. Pay attention to the subject marker (が) to show what has run out. The tense and politeness level can be adjusted by conjugating the verb. For instance, 尽き (つ) is the stem of the verb, used in the past tense or potential form.

⚫︎The word is typically written in hiragana as つきます (つきます). ⚫︎The kanji form is 尽きます. ⚫︎The okurigana (the hiragana following the kanji) is often きます, but the verb stem 尽きcan be seen in conjugations such as 尽きて or 尽きた.

⚫︎なくなる (to disappear, to be lost) ⚫︎なくなる (to run out) ⚫︎使い果たす (to use up) ⚫︎底をつく (to hit rock bottom) ⚫︎なくなる (to run out)

⚫︎余る (to remain, to be left over) ⚫︎残る (to remain) ⚫︎増える (to increase) ⚫︎増やす (to increase/add)

試験勉強で、集中力が尽きてきた。 ・Translation: I'm starting to lose my concentration from studying for the exam. ・Explanation: This sentence shows the exhaustion of concentration, a type of mental resource, due to studying.

在庫が尽き次第、販売を終了します。 ・Translation: Sales will end as soon as the stock runs out. ・Explanation: This sentence explains that the availability of a product is limited by the amount of stock, and the sales will end when it is all gone.

The kanji 尽 means "to exhaust," "to use up," or "to do one's best." The verb 尽きます (つきます) comes from this kanji and represents the state of being exhausted or used up. The origin points to the end or completion of something.