極める
究める、 窮める
Kanji
Readings: キョク、 ゴク、 きわ.める、 きわ.まる、 きわ.まり、 きわ.み、 き.める、 -ぎ.め、 き.まる
Meanings: poles, settlement, conclusion, end, highest rank, electric poles, very, extremely, most, highly, 10**48
Readings: キュウ、 ク、 きわ.める
Meanings: research, study
Readings: キュウ、 キョウ、 きわ.める、 きわ.まる、 きわ.まり、 きわ.み
Meanings: hard up, destitute, suffer, perplexed, cornered
Example Sentences
➥He was so busy that he sent his son instead of going himself.
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この任務 を完了 するのは困難 を極 めたことは言 うまでもない。
➥It goes without saying that it was supremely difficult to carry out this mission.
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決める
極める
Reading
Kana:
きめる
Romaji:
kimeru
Definitions
1
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
2
to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match)
3
to persist in doing; to go through with
4
to always do; to have made a habit of
Note:
as 決めている
5
to take for granted; to assume
6
to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines
7
to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing
8
to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.)
(Martial arts term)
(Sumo term)
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