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極: extremely

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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

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比: to compare | to associate with

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比 bǐ

radical 81 | verb | preposition
: (particle used for comparison and “-er than”); to compare; to contrast; to set side by side
: to gesture (with hands)
: ratio
: Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利時

比 bì


: to associate with; to be near

Kun Reading

比 | たぐい tagui

irregular okurigana usage | noun
: kind; sort; type
: equal; match; peer

比 | ころおい kurooi

noun
: time; period; days

比べ | くらべ kurabe

noun | noun suffix
: contest; comparison; competition

比べる | くらべる kuraberu

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to compare; to make a comparison
: to compete; to vie

比える | よそえる yosoeru

ichidan verb
: (Usually written using kana alone) to compare; to liken
: to use as a pretext

比 | ひする hisuru

suru verb – special class
: to compare

On Reading

比 | ひ hi

noun | noun suffix
: ratio; proportion
: match; equal
: explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
: (Abbreviation) Philippines

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短: short; lack

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短 duǎn

measure word
: short (opposite of long); brief
: lack
: weak point; fault

Kun Reading

短 | みじか mijika

prefix | suffix
: short; brief

短い | みじかい mijikai

adjective
: short

短め | みじかめ mijikame

noun
: rather short; somewhat short

短すぎる | みじかすぎる mijikasugiru

ichidan verb
: to be too short

On Reading

短 | たん tan

noun
: fault; defect; weak point
: minor (music)

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