極まる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
極
きわ
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
窮まる

Etymology 1

Verb

極(きわ)まる • (kiwamaru) ←きはまる (kifamaru)?intransitive godan (stem 極(きわ)まり (kiwamari), past 極(きわ)まった (kiwamatta))

Japanese verb pair
active 極める
mediopassive 極まる
  1. be at an extreme, be at an end, terminate
  2. be in a dilemma
Conjugation
Conjugation of "極まる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 極まら きわまら kiwamara
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 極まり きわまり kiwamari
Shūshikei ("terminal") 極まる きわまる kiwamaru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 極まる きわまる kiwamaru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 極まれ きわまれ kiwamare
Meireikei ("imperative") 極まれ きわまれ kiwamare
Key constructions
Passive 極まられる きわまられる kiwamarareru
Causative 極まらせる
極まらす 		きわまらせる
きわまらす 		kiwamaraseru
kiwamarasu
Potential 極まれる きわまれる kiwamareru
Volitional 極まろう きわまろう kiwamarō
Negative 極まらない きわまらない kiwamaranai
Negative continuative 極まらず きわまらず kiwamarazu
Formal 極まります きわまります kiwamarimasu
Perfective 極まった きわまった kiwamatta
Conjunctive 極まって きわまって kiwamatte
Hypothetical conditional 極まれば きわまれば kiwamareba
Classical conjugation of "極まる" (ラ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 極まら きはまら kifamara
Continuative (連用形) 極まり きはまり kifamari
Terminal (終止形) 極まる きはまる kifamaru
Attributive (連体形) 極まる きはまる kifamaru
Realis (已然形) 極まれ きはまれ kifamare
Imperative (命令形) 極まれ きはまれ kifamare
Key constructions
Negative 極まらず きはまらず kifamarazu
Contrasting conjunction 極まれど きはまれど kifamaredo
Causal conjunction 極まれば きはまれば kifamareba
Conditional conjunction 極まらば きはまらば kifamaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 極まりき きはまりき kifamariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 極まりけり きはまりけり kifamarikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 極まりつ きはまりつ kifamaritu
Perfect tense (natural event) 極まりぬ きはまりぬ kifamarinu
Perfect-continuative tense 極まれり
極まりたり		 きはまれり
きはまりたり		 kifamareri
kifamaritari
Volitional 極まらむ きはまらむ kifamaramu

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
極
き
Grade: 4
For pronunciation and definitions of 極まる – see the following entry.
【決きまる】
to be decided, to be concluded, to be brought to a resolution
Alternative spellings
決る, 極る
(This term, 極まる, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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