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きわめる^１ 究める

〈研鑚する〉 study [investigate] something thoroughly; master

真相を究める

get at the truth [to the bottom] 《of an affair》.

用例

広くすべての事を知ると共に, 一事を究めよ. Know something about everything and everything about something.

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きわめる^２ 極める

〈果てまで行く〉 go to the end 《of》; go to extremes

頂上を極める

reach [【形式ばった表現】 attain] the summit 《of a mountain》

暴虐を極める

【形式ばった表現】 be tyrannical in the extreme

残忍を極める

【形式ばった表現】 be most cruel

口を極めて褒める

speak of somebody in the highest terms

be very loud in one's praises of somebody.

用例

駅のホームは乗客で混雑を極めていた. The platform at the station was extremely crowded with passengers.

斎藤和英大辞典

極める

読み方 きわめる

他動詞

1

（＝極点に達せしむ）to carry （anything） to extremity

用例

豪奢を極める
to roll in luxury―be lapped in luxury―repose in the lap of luxury―dine off plate and repose on a bed of down―live on the fat of the land―live in clover

栄耀栄華を極める
to live in splendour

Solomon の栄耀栄華を極めし時だもその装いこの百合に及ばざりき
“Solomon in all his glory was not arranged like one of these （lilies）.”

暴風雨猛威を極めて襲来す
The storm burst on us in all its fury.

花が美を極めて咲いている
The flowers are blooming in all their beauty.

暴状を極める
to commit excesses―break out into excesses

暴虐を極める
to commit outrages

乱暴狼籍を極める
to run riot

円転滑脱の妙を極める
to show consummate tact

繁劇を極める
to be pressed with business―live in a whirl of business

貧窮を極める
to be in the direst want

罹災民は惨状を極めている
The sufferers are in extreme misery―in the direst misery―in a wretched plight.

齢人寿を全うし位人臣を極む
He died full of years and honours.

口を極めて賞めている
They extol him to the skies―They are loud in his praises―warm in his praises.

口を極めて罵詈する
to abuse one in every key―abuse one in no measured terms

2

（＝充分に研究する）to master （a subject）

用例

一芸を極める
to master an art―make oneself master of one's business―（女なら）―make oneself mistress of one's business

彼（女）は一芸に極めている
He is master of his business―She is mistress of her business.

万芸に通じて一芸を極める
to know something of everything and everything of something

万芸に通じて一芸を極めず
He is Jack of all trades and master of none.

奥儀を極める
to go to the heart of the thing―see into the heart of the thing―penetrate into the inmost heart of the thing

この道の極意を極める
to be initiated into the mysteries of the art

原理を極める
to inquire into the fundamental truths

英語は入りやすく極め難し
English is easy to learn, but difficult to master.

JMdict

極める

読み方：きわめる

究める、窮める とも書く

(1)

（動詞一段活用、他動詞）(esp. 極める, 窮める) to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something

(2)

(esp. 究める) to investigate thoroughly; to master