きわまれり

Japanese

Alternative spelling
極まれり

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʲiβ̞a̠ma̠ɾe̞ɾʲi]

Verb

きわまれり • (kiwamareri) ^{←きはまれり (kifamareri)?}

1. Modernized spelling of きはまれり (kiwamareri): (Classical Japanese) past of きはまる (kiwamaru)
2. (literary) Also fossilized in modern speech, chiefly in the phrase ここに極まれり:

   ここに極(きわ)まれり

   koko ni kiwamareri

   having reached its zenith

   (literally, “has reached an extreme in this moment”)

   鬱(うつ)極(きわ)まれり

   utsu kiwamareri

   having reached the peak of depression

   インドア極(きわ)まれり

   indoa kiwamareri

   having become a complete shutin