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JLPT N1 Grammar

の極み

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N1 · Degree · noun + の極み

the height of; utmost

noun + の極み

Shows that a state or emotion reaches an extreme limit.

Formal and strongly evaluative; used with honor, luxury, resentment, rudeness, and similar nouns.

説明もなく予定を変えるとは、無責任の極みだ。

Changing the plan without explanation is the height of irresponsibility.

It is close to の至り, but 極み is often used for extreme positive or negative evaluation.

Push a state to its extreme.

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