徹する

Meaning

1. vs-svi
   to penetrate; to sink in
2. vs-svi
   to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively
3. vs-svi
   to do throughout (e.g. the night)

Example sentences

• 大学出たての新人は資料を作ったり、コピーをとったりと裏方仕事に徹するのだろうと、勝手に想像していたのですが見事に裏切られました。

  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.