きわめる – Vocabulary details

きわめる

Verb (1-dan, transitive)

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

俺おれは料りょう理りを極きわめるんだ、と彼かれは言いっていた。He said that he would master cooking.

2. to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy)

事じ故この後あと、現げん場ばは混こん乱らんを極きわめた。After the accident, the scene was in utter chaos.

3. to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)

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to watch to the end; to ascertain; to determine; to know thoroughly; to obtain a deep understanding of

to watch to the end; to ascertain; to determine; to know thoroughly; to obtain a deep understanding of

to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge

魔ま法ほうをきわめたいんです！

I want to master magic!

フランス語ごの発はつ音おんきわめたい。

I want to master French pronunciation.

上じょう司しは多た忙ぼうをきわめている人ひとだ。

My boss is a very busy man.

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