極み/極まりない

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極み/極まりない

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Yuzuo Chan

11.06.2025

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Meaning

Nの極[きわ]み means “the height of N” or “the utmost degree of N.”

Adjな + 極[きわ]まりない means “extremely Adj” or “exceedingly Adj.”

Conjugation

(A)N + の + 極きわみ / (A)Adjな + 極きわまり + ない

Examples

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彼女かのじょの境遇きょうぐうは悲惨ひさん極きわまりない。

彼かれの態度たいどは失礼しつれい極きわまりない。

雪ゆきの降ふる夜よるに運転うんてんするのは危険きけん極きわまりない。

これは長年ながねんの努力どりょくの結晶けっしょうであり、感激かんげきの極きわみだ。

長年ながねんの夢ゆめがかなって、幸しあわせの極きわみだ。

説明せつめいもなく予定よていを変かえるとは、無責任むせきにん極きわまりない。

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grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 危険きけんな極きわまりない

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 危険きけん極きわまりない

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: Do not insert な before 極きわまりない; it attaches directly to the な-adjective stem.

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 贅沢ぜいたく極きわみ

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 贅沢ぜいたくの極きわみ

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: The 極きわみ construction requires の between the noun and 極きわみ.

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 極きわまりない can only describe sad or negative things.

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 極きわまりない is often negative, but 極きわみ can be positive or negative, and 極きわまりない is not absolutely restricted to negative contexts.

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: The usual nuance is a strong formal evaluation, not an unbreakable grammatical rule.

Key points

These are formal, emphatic expressions, common in writing, speeches, and serious or evaluative statements. 極きわみ can describe something positive or negative, while 極きわまりない is especially common with strongly negative qualities such as 危険きけん or 失礼しつれい, though it is not limited to them.

Unlike とても or すごく, these forms sound more formal and dramatic; unlike 極きわみ, 極きわまりない directly modifies an adjective-like quality.

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