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    3. 極める

    極める

    極きわめ​る​

    to carry to extremes

    KMT9News #30+1CoreVerb, TransitiveCore ConceptsKanji Vocab15 strokes

    窮める

    きわめる

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to carry to extremes, to go to the end of something, to reach the limits of something
    2.
    to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc), to be extremely (e.g. busy)
    3.
    to exhaust completely, to have nothing left (e.g. to say)

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    彼かれは一ひとつの道 を極きわめることに人じん生せいを捧ささげた。

    He dedicated his life to mastering one path.

    KMT7Core ConceptsWork & Career
    彼かの女じょは料りょう理りの腕うでを極きわめ、多おおくの人ひと々びとを魅み了りょうした。

    She mastered her cooking skills and charmed many people.

    KMT9Food & DiningDaily Life
    彼かれは日に本ほん語ごの文ぶん法ぽうを極きわめるために、毎まい日にち勉べん強きょうを続つづけた。

    He continued to study every day to master Japanese grammar.

    KMT9Core ConceptsEducation
    どんな分ぶん野やでも、一ひとつのことを極きわめるのは容よう易いではない。

    In any field, mastering one thing is not easy.

    KMT9Core ConceptsWork & Career
    その職しょく人にんは、伝でん統とう工こう芸げいの技ぎ術じゅつを極きわめ、国くにの宝たからと称しょうされている。

    That craftsman has mastered the techniques of traditional crafts and is praised as a national treasure.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsWork & Career

    Characters that make up this word

    極
    きわ.める・きわ.まる・きわ.まり・きわ.み・き.める・-ぎ.め…(3)
    poles・settlement・conclusion・end・highest rank…(6)
    Kanji
    め
    me
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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