極まる
Meanings
Godan verb
Intransitive verb
1. to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; to terminate; to come to an end
Auxiliary verb
Prenominal
Godan verb
2. extremely (after adjectival noun. e.g. 退屈極まる話)
Godan verb
Intransitive verb
3. to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be at a loss (esp. 窮まる. occ. 谷まる)
4. to be decided; to be settled
Other spellings
窮まるきわまる
Kanji used
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
きわまる
Examples2
下品
He haunts the lowest resorts.
家庭
When I think about it now, our family lived a very miserable life.