徹する

Reading

Kana: てっする

Romaji: tessuru

Definitions

vs-s

1

to penetrate; to sink in

2

to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively

3

to do throughout (e.g. the night)

Kanji

徹

Reading: テツ

Meanings: penetrate, clear, pierce, strike home, sit up (all night)

Example Sentences

夜(よる)を徹(てっ)するか否(いな)か。

➥To work all night, or not.

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(うらかた)仕事(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.