極

Meaning

極 centers on reaching the furthest point or highest degree: an extreme, a pole, the very end, or the utmost rank. The settlement and conclusion senses are natural extensions of arriving at a final, definitive point.

• 積極せっきょく
  N3

  active; positive; progressive

• 極ごく
  N2

  quite; very

• 極めてきわめて
  N2

  exceedingly; extremely; decisively

• 究極きゅうきょく
  N1

  ultimate; final; last; eventual

• 極端きょくたん
  N1

  extreme; extremity

• 極めるきわめる
  N1

  to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the limits of something

• 極秘ごくひ
  N1

  absolute secrecy

• 極限きょくげん
  N1

  utmost limits; extremity

• 極みきわみ

  height; acme; extremity; peak

• 極力きょくりょく
  N1

  to the utmost; to the best of one's ability

• 極上ごくじょう

  first-rate; finest quality; the best

• 南極なんきょく
  N3

  South Pole

• 消極しょうきょく

  passive; negative; conservative

• 極度きょくど

  maximum; extreme; utmost

• 極東きょくとう

  Far East

• 北極ほっきょく
  N3

  North Pole

• 電極でんきょく

  electrode

• 極右きょくう

  far right (in politics); extreme right; ultraright

• 見極めるみきわめる
  N1

  to watch to the end

• 極楽ごくらく
  N1

  Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land)

• 対極たいきょく

  antipodes

• 極まるきわまる

  to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; to terminate; to come to an end

• 極寒ごっかん

  extreme cold; intense cold; coldest season; midwinter

• 北極圏ほっきょくけん

  Arctic Circle; the Arctic

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