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Japanese symbol for “exhaustively”

Romaji: shiramitsubushini
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb

In Japanese, exhaustively is , read (shiramitsubushini).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Meanings

  1. adv one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb

Kanji and stroke order

lice, vermin
on: シツ
kun: しらみ
8 strokes
crush, smash, break
on: カイ、エ
kun: つぶ.す、つぶ.れる、つい.える
15 strokes

Other Japanese words for “exhaustively”

WordReadingMeaning
どこまでも dokomademothoroughly; exhaustively

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
しらみつぶし shiramitsubushivery thorough search (for contraband, escaped convict, etc.); fine-tooth-comb search; exhaustive search
ひとじらみ hitojiramiPediculus humanus (species of louse that infests humans); body louse; body lice
あたまじらみ atamajiramihead louse (Pediculus humanus capitis); head lice
はじらみ hajiramibiting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); chewing louse
さばひい sabahiimilkfish (Chanos chanos)
つぶす tsubusuto smash; to crush; to flatten
かいよう kaiyouulcer
つぶれる tsubureruto be crushed; to be squashed; to be smashed

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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