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やり抜く

やりぬく

to carry through; to see through to the end

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Examples

  1. 最後までやり抜くつもりだ。

    さいごまでやりぬくつもりだ。

    I intend to see it through to the end.

  2. 一度決めたことは必ずやり抜く。

    いちどきめたことはかならずやりぬく。

    Once I decide on something, I always carry it through.

  3. 苦しくても、引き受けた仕事はやり抜きたい。

    くるしくても、ひきうけたしごとはやりぬきたい。

    Even when it's hard, I want to see through the work I've taken on.

Common patterns

最後までやり抜く
to carry it through to the end
一人でやり抜く
to see it through alone
困難をやり抜く
to push through hardship

Memory tip

〜抜く means finishing despite difficulty, while 〜切る just means finishing completely. 走り抜く is 'run all the way despite exhaustion'; 使い切る is simply 'use it all up'.

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