- 書き尽くす
- かきつくす【書き尽くす】〔残らず書く〕 write everything [all] 《about sth》; write exhaustively 《about sth》; give a full account 《of…》; exhaust 《a subject》; 〔用紙などを使いきる〕 use up all the writing paper.
●その景色の美しさは筆に書き尽くせない. The beauty of the scenery cannot be described in writing [is beyond the power of the pen]. | The scenery is indescribably beautiful.
・ノートはもう書き尽くしていた. I'd written on all the pages in my notebook. | I didn't have any more blank pages in my notebook.
・戦後日本史はこの一冊で書き尽くされた感がある. I have the impression that postwar Japan's history is covered exhaustively in this one work.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.