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jmdict 1868320 Deleted (id: 2223679)
学を極める学を究める学を窮める [sK]
がくをきわめる
1. [exp,v1]
▶ to pursue learning (in depth)

Conjugations


History:
4. D 2023-03-04 21:03:33  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
On checking I see that the few www hits are either from this entry or from matches with other expressions.
3. D* 2023-03-04 09:44:12  Brian Krznarich <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Comments on deletion in previous post.
2. A* 2023-03-04 09:43:49  Brian Krznarich <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
sankoku example sentence for 究める・窮める (but not 極める) 「学をー・真理をー」. 

学	23638546


学を究め	582	47.8%
学を極め	579	47.6%
学をきわめ	56	4.6%
学を窮め	0	0.0%

学問を究め	775	74.3%
学問を極め	236	22.6%
学問をきわめ	32	3.1%


真理を究め	339	67.5%
真理を極め	63	12.5%
真理をきわめ	58	11.6%
真理を窮め	42	8.4%

数学を極め	252	57.7%
数学を究め	185	42.3%

趣味を極め	1402	89.0%
趣味を究め	144	9.1%
趣味をきわめ	30	1.9%
  Comments:
Should be deleted, but submitting this to preserve diffs just in case it isn't.

Current conversation on 趣味を極める would seem to justify deletion. (学=23638546、学を究める= 〜1000). Not evidently in a 国語辞典, except as an example. (I am fine with deletion, it's consistent, in spite of comments below).

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The reason I ended up trying to enter 趣味を極める is not because of 趣味, but because because of *this* entry.  

First question was "how do I use 学を極める in a sentence" to mean "to study exhaustively". (I don't think you can)
Second question was "wait, is that kanji correct?" (no, it is not, or at least 究 or 極 would be much better)
Third question "can I 極める any 〇〇学" (answer: yes)
Fourth question "can I 極める something else, like, say, a 趣味" (picked this out of a hat. answer is: yes, and this usage is more common than any 〇〇学 I could find).

So I figured I'd start with the 趣味を極める, because it seemed like 極める could benefit from some clear transitive examples given the enormous number of glosses.  And, since this *one* example does not seem to be a particularly good one.  I then though I might suggest replacing this entry with the more readily-understandable, like the still-not-overly-common:
学問を極める: to (seriously) pursue an academic subject (eg. at a university).

But anyway, I am alright with all of it being deleted :)
  Diff:
@@ -4,0 +5,6 @@
+<keb>学を極める</keb>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>学を究める</keb>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
@@ -5,0 +12 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -13 +20 @@
-<gloss>to study exhaustively</gloss>
+<gloss>to pursue learning (in depth)</gloss>
1. A 2011-02-14 23:45:44  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Added additional PoS via batch update.Added additional PoS via batch update.
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff:
@@ -12,0 +12,1 @@
+<pos>&v1;</pos>

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