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
On Reading
極 | ごく goku
adverb
: (Usually written using kana alone) quite; very
: quindecillion (US); octillion (Europe); 10^48
極 | きょく kyoku
noun
: pole
: climax; extreme; extremity; culmination; height; zenith; nadir
