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Kanji Detail for 極 - "extreme, pole, ultimate"
極
- Meaning
極 means "extreme, pole, ultimate."
Extreme - The utmost; the highest.
Pole - An end point; a limit.
Ultimate - The final; the supreme.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
extreme; pole; extremely; very; highly; most; end; settlement; conclusion; highest rank
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
extreme, utmost, furthest, final
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
extreme, top; final, furthest, utmost; pole
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The ridgepole at the roof ridge. Now the highest or most extreme of things is called 極, based on this. Also, before heaven and earth were divided, it was called 太極. The imperial throne is called 皇極. Ascending the throne is called 登極. All mean the highest and supreme. | The north and south poles. The earth rotates on a fixed axis. The two points each ninety degrees from the equator, eternally stationary, are the north and south poles. Projected onto the sky, they are the celestial north and south poles. Both abbreviated as 極. Such as the star near the pole called Polaris is called 極星. | To exhaust is called 極. Such as referring to parents as 罔極之恩 (boundless kindness). From "Book of Odes." Also words meaning completely exhausted, such as 極言其利 (fully explaining the benefits), 極言其弊 (fully explaining the harm). | Fatigued. Slight discomfort is called 小極.
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Sentences including 極
It is quite natural for her to get angry.
Don't go to extremes.
それはちょっと極端じゃないですか。
You're carrying this too far.
She told me the story in confidence.
That student is very active.
He is passive in everything.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
それに海へはごく近いので海水浴をやるには至極便利な地位を占めていた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
しかしにやにや笑っている先生の顔を見た時、私は急に極りが悪くなった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
「あんまり軽はずみをしてまた逆回すといけませんよ」私のこの注意を父は愉快そうにしかし極めて軽く受けた」
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
奥さんは懇意になると、こんなところに極めて淡泊な小供らしい心を見せた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
「何まだ行くとも行かないとも極めていやしないんです」席を立とうとした時、先生は急に私をつらまえて、「時にお父さんの病気はどうなんです」と聞いた」
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
大抵世間じゃ旦那が先で、細君が後へ残るのが当り前のようになってるね」「そう極った訳でもないわ。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
生れた時にちゃんと極った年数をもらって来るんだから仕方がないわ。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
そうしていよいよと極めた日はそれからまた一週間の余も先になっていた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
とにかく返事は来るに極ってますから、そうしたらまたお話ししましょう」私はこんな事に掛けて几帳面な先生を信じていた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私は東京を立つ時、心のうちで極めた、この夏中の日課を顧みた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
「実はお父さんの生きてお出のうちに、お前の口が極ったらさぞ安心なさるだろうと思うんだがね」
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私がこのかきものを読み始めて、読み終らない前に、父はきっとどうかなる、少なくとも、私は兄からか母からか、それでなければ伯父からか、呼ばれるに極っているという予覚があった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha