絶ぜっ頂ちょう

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絶頂する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

summit; top of a mountain

Literary or formal term for a mountain peak; in everyday speech 頂上 is more common.

Used for the highest point of a career, power, prosperity, or abstract state. Often in phrases like 絶頂期 or 絶頂にある.

orgasm; sexual climax

Colloquial use; often appears as 絶頂する or 絶頂に達する. The noun can also be used with する to mean 'to orgasm'.

〈事こと〉が絶ぜっ頂ちょうを迎むかえるfor something to reach its peak
彼かれの人にん気きは今いま、絶ぜっ頂ちょうを迎むかえている。
His popularity is now at its peak.
絶頂ぜっちょうに達たっするto reach orgasm
彼かの女じょはその瞬しゅん間かん、絶ぜっ頂ちょうに達たっした。
She reached orgasm at that moment.
〈人ひと〉が絶ぜっ頂ちょうにあるfor someone to be at the height of their success or career
彼かの女じょは今いま、女じょ優ゆうとしての絶ぜっ頂ちょうにある。
She is now at the height of her career as an actress.
絶ぜっ頂ちょうを過すぎるto pass one's peak; to be past one's prime
彼かれのキャリアはすでに絶ぜっ頂ちょうを過すぎた。
His career has already passed its peak.

頂ちょう上じょうN2sense 1
頂上 is the everyday word for a mountain's peak, while 絶頂 is a more literary or formal term for the same summit.
最さい高こう潮ちょう sense 2
最高潮 describes the climax of excitement or tension in an event, while 絶頂 is broader and can describe the peak of a career, power, or condition.
頂ちょう点てんN2sense 2
頂点 refers to the literal top or apex, often used for rankings or geometry, while 絶頂 emphasizes the peak intensity of a state like fame or power.
ピークN3sense 2
ピーク is a casual loanword for a peak, common in everyday contexts like sales or fitness, whereas 絶頂 is more formal or literary and can also mean sexual climax.

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盛さかりN2
絶頂 emphasizes the very zenith of an achievement, fame, or emotion, while 盛り describes the broader prime period of a person's life or career.
全ぜん盛せいN1
絶頂 emphasizes the single highest point of something (e.g. a career or popularity), whereas 全盛 describes an extended period of overall peak prosperity.
クライマックス
絶頂 is a native Japanese word for 'peak' or 'zenith', often used for abstract states like power or pleasure, while クライマックス is a loanword specifically for the climactic point of a narrative or event.
極きわみ
絶頂 emphasizes being at the very top of one's fortune or feeling (e.g. 絶頂期), whereas 極み is used in fixed phrases like ～の極み to express an extreme state.

麓ふもとN2sense 1
麓 is the foot of a mountain, the literal opposite of 絶頂's mountaintop sense.
どん底ぞこ sense 2
どん底 means the very bottom of misfortune or decline, the opposite of 絶頂's peak of success or power.
どん底ぞこN1
絶頂 means the very peak or height (of success, glory, etc.), the opposite of どん底's rock bottom.

Compound of 絶 (ぜつ, 'extreme, surpass') and 頂 (ちょう, 'top, crown'). The reading ぜっちょう is a regular sound change from ぜつちょう.