極める

きわめる

Also written 窮める

Meanings

1. Ichidan verb, Transitive to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the limits of something
2. to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy)
3. to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)

Kanji

• 極 extreme. Read as きわめる.

Example sentences

• みんな口を極めて彼女を褒めちぎった。
  Everybody praised her to the skies.
• 彼は多忙を極めていたので、自分で行かないで息子を行かせた。
  He was so busy that he sent his son instead of going himself.
• フランス語の発音極めたい。
  I want to master French pronunciation.
• フランス語を極めるのは簡単ではない。
  French isn't easy to master.
• 英語を極めたいな。
  I'd like to master English.

Common phrases

• 困難を極める (こんなんをきわめる) to be extremely difficult
• 隆盛を極める
• 多忙を極める
• 頂点を極める
• 熾烈を極める
• 混乱を極める
• 繁栄を極める
• 混迷を極める
• 栄華を極める (えいがをきわめる) to live in splendor
• 難航を極める
• 困窮を極める
• 道を極める
• 技を極める
• 口を極めて (くちをきわめて) using the strongest words possible
• 殷賑を極める (いんしんをきわめる) to enjoy prosperity

Related forms

• 極まる (きわまる) to reach an extreme (intransitive partner)

Words containing 極める

• 極めて (きわめて) exceedingly
• 見極める (みきわめる) to watch to the end
• 極めつけ (きわめつけ) certified (as genuine, valuable, etc.)

And 14 more.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists