極める – Vocabulary details

極きわめる

Meanings

Verb (1-dan, transitive)

1. to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the limits of something

俺おれは料りょう理りを極きわめるんだ、と彼かれは言いっていた。He said that he would master cooking.

2. to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy)

事じ故この後あと、現げん場ばは混こん乱らんを極きわめた。After the accident, the scene was in utter chaos.

3. to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)

Alt. forms

Kanji used

極

extreme

Pitch accent

き

わめ

る

Conjugations...Used in: 2192

Used in vocabulary (9 in total)

見み極きわめる

to watch to the end; to ascertain; to determine; to know thoroughly; to obtain a deep understanding of

困こん難なんを極きわめる

to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge

猖しょう獗けつを極きわめる

to become rampant; to be rife

6 more...

Examples (8 in total)

魔ま法ほうを極きわめたいんです！

I want to master magic!

フランス語ごの発はつ音おん極きわめたい。

I want to master French pronunciation.

上じょう司しは多た忙ぼうを極きわめている人ひとだ。

My boss is a very busy man.

俺おれは料りょう理りを極きわめるんだ、と彼かれは言いっていた。

He said that he would master cooking.

事じ故この後あと、現げん場ばは混こん乱らんを極きわめた。

After the accident, the scene was in utter chaos.

当とう然ぜん、警けい備びは厳げん重じゅうを極きわめるはずだ。

Naturally, the security should be extremely strict.

昨日きのうの午ご後ご、トムは多た忙ぼうを極きわめていた。

Tom was very busy yesterday afternoon.

日ひによって変かえるより、ひとつを極きわめるべきだろう。