Meaning of 極端 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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極端JLPT 1
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Kana Readingきょくたん
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Romajikyokutan
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- extreme; extremity
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Example Sentences
極端, きょくたん used in context
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バドミントン部はまともな部員が極端に少ないため、ほとんど廃部ないし休部状態だった。
There were so few proper members in the badminton club that it was half-way between dead and 'on break'.
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編集者はささいな事実を読者に提供するのに極端に走ることがよくある。
Editors often go to extremes in providing their readers with unimportant facts.
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My father rarely goes to extremes.
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My father rarely goes to extremes.
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She is extreme in her taste in clothes.
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He holds an extreme opinion on education.
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Kanji found in this word
edge, origin, end, point, border, verge, cape
On: タン
Kun: はし, は, はた, -ばた, はな
14 strokes
poles, settlement, conclusion, end, highest rank, electric poles, very, extremely, most, highly, 10**48
On: キョク, ゴク
Kun: きわ.める, きわ.まる, きわ.まり, きわ.み, き.める, -ぎ.め, き.まる
13 strokes
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