極まる · godan verb (-ru)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 極まる | 極まらない |
| Polite | 極まります | 極まりません |
| Past polite | 極まりました | 極まりませんでした |
| Past | 極まった | 極まらなかった |
| Te-form | 極まって | 極まらないで |
| Desire | 極まりたい | 極まりたくない |
| Potential | 極まれる | 極まれない |
| Passive | 極まられる | 極まられない |
| Causative | 極まらせる | 極まらせない |
| Causative passive | 極まらせられるalso 極まらされる | 極まらせられないalso 極まらされない |
| Volitional | 極まろう | |
| Polite volitional | 極まりましょう | |
| Imperative | 極まれ | 極まるな |
| Conditional | 極まれば | 極まらなければ |
| Tara conditional | 極まったら | 極まらなかったら |
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
reach an extreme; reach a limit; culminate
Intransitive use for a state, degree, or process reaching its utmost point or final limit; the 'come to an end' idea is usually a culmination rather than simply stopping.
The confusion at the venue reached an extreme.
His tyranny culminated at this point.
auxiliary verb, noun-modifying (irregular), godan verb (-ru)
Used after an adjectival noun as a stiff prenominal modifier, as in 失礼極まる態度 or 退屈極まる話. It describes something as extremely or intolerably so.
Everyone was appalled by the extremely rude attitude.
The utterly boring meeting went on for three hours.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
be stuck; be in a dilemma; be at a loss
Often written 窮まる and commonly seen in set or literary-feeling expressions such as 進退窮まる, where someone has no good way forward.
With the funds exhausted, we were completely stuck.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
Rare or old-fashioned for something being decided or settled; in ordinary modern Japanese, 決まる is usually the natural verb.
In older writing, 評議が極まる can be used to mean that deliberations are settled.
My sorrow reached its peak and the tears wouldn't stop.
His attitude was utterly rude.
Buried in debt, he was completely stuck with no way out.
極まりない follows an adjectival noun just like 極まる does (失礼極まりない vs 失礼極まる) but is the more common, easier-to-use form in modern speech and writing.