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危険極まる危険きわまる [sK]
きけんきわまる
1. [exp,v5r]
▶ to be extremely dangerous
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2836148 危険極まりない 1. extremely dangerous; full of peril

Conjugations


History:
5. A 2023-02-25 12:22:15  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
危険極まる	632		
危険きわまる	768
  Comments:
Adding 危険きわまる as an sK form as it's not a common term to begin with.
  Diff:
@@ -5,0 +6,4 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>危険きわまる</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
4. A 2023-02-24 23:37:41  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -13 +13 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="2836148">危険極まりない・きけんきわまりない</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2836148">危険極まりない</xref>
3. A* 2023-02-24 15:10:08  Brian Krznarich <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
危険極まりない	44080	80.0%
危険きわまりない	9636	17.5%

危険きわまる	768	1.4%
危険極まる	632	1.1%

Interesting article on precisely this entry.  How is that that 危険極まる = 危険極まりない
Short answer, "nai" got tacked on emphatically as "nothing even beyond the limit", and both forms survived...(my limited understanding of the japanese)

https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/451160
...〈極まる/極まりない〉は〈ない〉があってもなくても意味が変わらないペアなのです(『明鏡国語辞典』)
  Comments:
I was baffled how 危険極まる=危険極まりない. 

In any case, the other form is by far the more common one, and they are absolute synonyms.  X極まりない also appears to be a very productive structure beyond this entry. Maybe a Japanese student somewhere will see this xref and ask their teacher about it...
  Diff:
@@ -12,0 +13 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="2836148">危険極まりない・きけんきわまりない</xref>
2. A 2018-06-14 16:03:02  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -13 +13 @@
-<gloss>extremely dangerous</gloss>
+<gloss>to be extremely dangerous</gloss>
1. A 2010-11-15 11:18:41  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>&v5r;</pos>

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