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極める

きわめる

Common

Variants

  • 極めるきわめる
  • 究めるきわめる
  • 窮めるきわめる

Meanings

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

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