極きょく
Meanings
Noun
1. pole
2. climax; extreme; extremity; culmination; height; zenith; nadir
Kanji used
extreme
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (75 in total)
extreme; extremity
utmost limits; extremity; limit
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
maximum; extreme; utmost
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
maximum; local maximum
minimum; minuscule; local minimum
extreme logic; extreme argument; unreserved argument
South Pole; the Antarctic; Antarctica
polar regions; the pole; farthest land; ends of the earth
min-maxing; concentrating points on a specific ability
min-maxing; concentrating points on a specific ability
pole (north, south); climax; extreme (point)
both extremities; North and South Poles; positive and negative poles
polar circle; polar region
very (extremely) low temperature
being frank; going so far as to say
microscopic; infinitesimal
far left (in politics); extreme left; ultraleft; radical left
bipolarization; bipolarisation
limitless; apolar; limitlessness of taiji
polar night
ultrahigh frequency; UHF; ultrashort waves
having two poles; bipolar
(electric) polarization; polarisation; (magnetic) polarization; magnetization
cathode; positive pole; positive electrode
anode; negative pole; negative electrode
anode; positive pole; plus terminal
cathode; negative pole; minus terminal
third force (e.g. in politics); third pole; Third Pole (i.e. the Hindu Kush Himalayan region)
celestial poles
bipolarization; bipolarisation
polar body (cell structure within the ovum)
single pole; single electrode
extreme eroticism; something very erotic
polar axis (of a telescope); polar axis (in a polar coordinate system)
Far Eastern State University
polar vortex; polar cell
geographical pole
Far East Command; FEC; United States military headquarters in the western Pacific after World War II
crisis; grave danger; serious depression
polar easterlies; polar Hadley cells
a place of extreme cold
Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Examples (2 in total)
Like poles of magnets repel each other.
The lines of this field run between magnetic north and magnetic south at the two poles.