noun
summit; top of a mountain
Literary or formal term for a mountain peak; in everyday speech 頂上 is more common.
彼らはついに絶頂に立った。
They finally stood on the summit.
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.
彼の名声は絶頂に達した。
His fame reached its peak.
その国は繁栄の絶頂にあった。
The country was at the height of its prosperity.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
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'.
彼女は絶頂に達した。
She reached orgasm.
そのシーンで彼は絶頂する。
He orgasms in that scene.