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覆い尽くす覆いつくす
おおいつくす
1. [v5s,vt]
▶ to cover fully
▶ to wrap around

Conjugations


History:
4. A 2015-10-25 03:29:22  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2015-10-24 20:03:36  Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
KM ngrams:
覆い尽くす	1667
覆いつくす	393
おおいつくす	78
  Comments:
Just saw this in the short story 鼹鼠 by 川上弘美:
「東京の空いっぱいを覆いつくす,猛々しい夕焼け」.
  Diff:
@@ -5,0 +6,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>覆いつくす</keb>
2. A 2015-10-11 10:13:57  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
G n-grams: 25650
  Comments:
That seems to work.
  Diff:
@@ -10,0 +11 @@
+<pos>&v5s;</pos>
@@ -12 +13,2 @@
-<gloss>fully cover or wrap around (applied by a thing or mood)</gloss>
+<gloss>to cover fully</gloss>
+<gloss>to wrap around</gloss>
1. A* 2015-10-07 23:16:43  Raichu <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
http://www.weblio.jp/content/覆い尽くす
  Comments:
I think it's nothing more than standard use of 尽くす as a suffix, but it's listed in weblio so it's up to you whether you want to add it to EDICT. My "meaning" above is a bit rough so please check it.

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