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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

徹てっする

tes suru

to devote oneself to

Often follows a role or activity marked with に. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 大学出だいがくでたての新人しんじんは資料しりょうを作つくったり、コピーをとったりと裏方仕事うらかたしごとに徹てっするのだろうと、勝手かってに想像そうぞうしていたのですが見事みごとに裏切うらぎられました。

    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.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 転てんじて、影かげから裏方うらかたに徹てっする人ひとを指さす。

    By extension, kurogo also mean persons who do backroom work.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 老練ろうれんな昌幸まさゆきはのらりくらりと返事へんじを先延さきのばしにして、時間稼じかんかせぎに徹てっする。

    The seasoned Masayuki kept putting off his answer with evasive replies, devoting himself entirely to buying time.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 徹

  • 徹penetrate; clearOnテツ

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