絶頂
ぜっちょう
Meanings
- Noun top (of a mountain); summit
- peak; height; zenith; acme; climax
- Noun, する verb, Intransitive orgasm; climax
Kanji
Example sentences
- ニキータ・フルシチョフは、権力の絶頂にあった。
Nikita Khrushchev was at the height of his powers. - その俳優は人気絶頂の時に死んだ。
The actor died at the height of his popularity. - ジョンは今絶頂だ。
John is at his peak now. - 幸福の絶頂にいる。
I'm on top of the world. - 彼女は幸せの絶頂ってところだね。
She must be on cloud nine.
Common phrases
Words containing 絶頂
- 人気絶頂 (にんきぜっちょう) height of one's popularity
- 絶頂期 (ぜっちょうき) peak period
- バブル絶頂期 (バブルぜっちょうき) peak of a financial bubble (esp. in Japan around 1990)