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〜の極み

JLPT N1 Extremity and degree

the height of; the extreme of

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の極み means the utmost degree of something, usually an emotion or state. Attach it to a noun. It is formal and emphatic, expressing that something has reached its absolute peak.

Examples

  • です

    Konna ni kangei shite itadaki, kangeki no kiwami desu.

    To be welcomed like this is the height of joy.

  • Renjitsu no zangyou de, hirou no kiwami ni tasshite ita.

    From days of overtime, I had reached the extreme of exhaustion.

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