極: extremely

極 [极] jí

adverb
: to reach an extreme; extremely
: pile (extreme point)

Kun Reading

極 | はたて hatate

noun
: end; limit; extremity

極め | きめ kime

noun | noun suffix
: agreement; rule

極め | ぎめ gime

noun | noun suffix
: contracted regular payment, e.g. monthly, weekly, etc.; by the (month, week, etc.)

極み | きわみ kiwami

noun
: height; acme; extremity

極り | きまり kimari

noun | no-adjective
: rule; regulation
: settlement; conclusion; end; agreement; arrangement
: habit; custom; habitual way
: countenance in front of another person; face
: (Archaism) love relationship between a customer and a prostitute

極る | きまる kimaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be decided; to be settled
: to look good in (clothes)

極める | きめる kimeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one’s mind; to resolve; to set one’s heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix
: to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match)
: to persist in doing; to go through with
: to always do; to have made a habit of
: to take for granted; to assume
: to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines
: to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing
: (Martial arts term) to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.)

極まる | きわまる kiwamaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to terminate; to reach an extreme; to take to the extreme; to be in a dilemma; to be at an end

極めて | きわめて kiwamete

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: exceedingly; extremely; decisively

極める | きわめる kiwameru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something
: to investigate thoroughly; to master

極[极]其 ji2qi2: extremely

極[极]了 ji2le: extremely; exceedingly

好極[极]了 hao3 ji2le: superb! great! wonderful

極[极]力 ji2li4: to make a supreme effort; at all costs
[きょくりょく kyokuryoku: to the utmost; to the best of one’s ability]

極點 [极点] ji2dian3: extreme point; pole; the origin (in polar coordinates)
[極点 | きょくてん kyokuten: pole (north, south); climax; extreme (point)]

極[极]端 ji2duan1: extreme
[極端 | きょくたん kyokutan: extreme; extremity]

極[极]限 ji2xian4: limit; extreme boundary
[極限 | きょくげん kyokugen: utmost limits; limit]

積極[积极] ji1ji2: active; energetic; vigorous; positive (outlook); proactive
[積極 | せっきょく setsukyoku: positive; progressive]

消極[极] xiao1ji2: negative; passive; inactive
[消極 | しょうきょくshoukyoku: negative; conservative]

兩極[两极] liang3ji2: the two poles; the north and south poles; both ends of something; electric or magnetic poles

北極[极] bei3ji2: the North Pole; the Arctic Pole; the north magnetic pole
[北極 | ほっきょく hokkyoku: North Pole
: (Abbreviation) the Arctic]

北極熊 [北极熊] bei3 ji2 xiong2: polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
[北極熊 | ほっきょくぐま hokkyoku guma]

南極[极] nan2 ji2: south pole; the Antarctic
[みなみぎわ minamigiwa OR なんきょく nankyoku]

太極拳 [太极拳] tai4 ji2 quan2: shadowboxing or Taiji, T’aichi or T’aichichuan; traditional form of physical exercise or relaxation; a martial art
[たいきょくけん taikyokuken: (martial arts term) grand ultimate fist; Tai Chi Chuan]

Japanese common word | expression | idiom
極々 | ごくごく goku goku: extremely, highly

極りが悪い | きまりがわるい kimari ga warui: embarrassed; ashamed

極限をとる | きょくげんをとる kyokugen o toru: take the limit of

至極ごもっとも | しごくごもっとも shigokugo mottomo
: You are quite right. Quite so. What you say is sensible enough

Chinese expression | idiom | proverb
否極泰來 [否极泰来] pi3 ji2 tai4 lai2
: extreme sorrow turns to joy

喜極而泣 [喜极而泣] xi3 ji2 er2 qi4
: crying tears of joy

樂極生悲 [乐极生悲 ] le4 ji2 sheng1 bei1
: extreme joy turns to sorrow (idiom); Don’t celebrate too soon, things could still go wrong!

殫精極慮 [殚精极虑] dan1 jing1 ji2 lü4
: to exhaust one’s thoughts and ingenuity; to think something through thoroughly; to rack one’s brains; to leave no stone unturned

罪大惡極 [罪大恶极] zui4 da4 e4 ji2
; lit. crime is great, evil extreme

物極必反 [物极必反] wu4 ji2 bi4 fan3
: when things reach an extreme, they can only move in the opposite direction