単語屋Tangoya, “the word shop”
Single kanji#5,574 most used

極める

きわめる3

Pitch accent · 中高 (nakadaka)

to carry to extremes

ITS KANJI

極extremeread きわ here18 words ›

IN A SENTENCE

I've been as busy as a bee for the past two months.

from Tatoeba · small_snow

IN OTHER SENTENCES

Everybody praised her to the skies.

from Tatoeba

MEANINGS

1

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

ichidan verb · transitive

TANGOYA ASKS

2

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

ichidan verb · transitive

3

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

ichidan verb · transitive

DETAILS

Kind単漢字, single kanji

Frequency#5,574 most used

Written極める only

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium