極きわみ

noun

height; peak; acme; extremity

Refers to the highest degree or ultimate state of something, often used in formal or literary contexts. Common in phrases like ～の極み (the height of ...).

• 彼かれの無ぶ礼れいさは不ふ愉ゆ快かいの極きわみだ。

  His rudeness is the height of unpleasantness.

• この景色けしきは美びの極きわみと言いえる。

  This scenery can be called the acme of beauty.

noun

end; limit

Used to indicate the furthest extent or limit of something, often in a more abstract or literary sense. Less common than sense 1.

• 苦くるしみの極きわみに達たっした。

  He reached the limit of suffering.