極める(P);窮める(rK) [きわめる] /(v1,vt) (1) to carry to extremes/to go to the end of something/to reach the limits of something/(v1,vt) (2) to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc)/to be extremely (e.g. busy)/(v1,vt) (3) (極める only) to exhaust completely/to have nothing left (e.g. to say)/(P)/EntL1591970/