Japanese symbol for “exhaustively”
虱潰しに
しらみつぶしに
Romaji: shiramitsubushini
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
In Japanese, exhaustively is 虱潰しに, read しらみつぶしに (shiramitsubushini).
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Meanings
- adv one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “exhaustively”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 何処までも | どこまでも dokomademo | thoroughly; exhaustively |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 虱潰し | しらみつぶし shiramitsubushi | very thorough search (for contraband, escaped convict, etc.); fine-tooth-comb search; exhaustive search |
| 人虱 | ひとじらみ hitojirami | Pediculus humanus (species of louse that infests humans); body louse; body lice |
| 頭虱 | あたまじらみ atamajirami | head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis); head lice |
| 羽虱 | はじらみ hajirami | biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); chewing louse |
| 虱目魚 | さばひい sabahii | milkfish (Chanos chanos) |
| 潰す | つぶす tsubusu | to smash; to crush; to flatten |
| 潰瘍 | かいよう kaiyou | ulcer |
| 潰れる | つぶれる tsubureru | to 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.