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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

極きょく限げん

kyokugen

extreme limit

Example sentences

  1. 音量おんりょうを極限きょくげんまで絞しぼる

    to reduce the volume to the minimum

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  2. もう、極限きょくげんだ。

    I can’t take any more!

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 極限きょくげんにまで切きり詰つめた筆数ひっすうと黒一色くろいっしょくをもって、松林まつばやしの空間的くうかんてきひろがりと、そこにただよう湿潤しつじゅんな大気たいきとを見事みごとに表現ひょうげんしている。

    Using only black ink and the bare minimum of brushstrokes, it brilliantly conveys the breadth of the pine forest and the damp air hanging over it.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 極限

  • 極extreme; poleOnキョク・ゴクKunきわめる・きわまる・きわまり
  • 限limit; restrictOnゲンKunかぎる・かぎり

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