JLPT N1 · な-adjective

極端 (kyokutan)

極端 (きょくたん, kyokutan) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “extreme; extremity”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: きょくたん
Romaji: kyokutan
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

extreme; extremity · noun, な-adjective

Example sentences

君の言うことは極端じゃないか。

Aren't you pushing it too far?

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 極端

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	極端だ	きょくたんだ kyokutanda
Present (polite)	極端です	きょくたんです kyokutandesu
Negative	極端じゃない	きょくたんじゃない kyokutanjanai
Past	極端だった	きょくたんだった kyokutandatta
Negative past	極端じゃなかった	きょくたんじゃなかった kyokutanjanakatta
Te-form	極端で	きょくたんで kyokutande
Before a noun	極端な	きょくたんな kyokutanna
Adverb (~ni)	極端に	きょくたんに kyokutanni

Kanji in 極端

極

extreme, pole, extremelyキョク・ゴク・きわ.める・きわ.まる · 12 strokes

端

edge, origin, endタン・はし・は · 14 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 極端.

極ごくquite積極的せっきょくてきpositive南極なんきょくSouth Pole北極ほっきょくNorth Pole消極的しょうきょくてきnegative極楽ごくらくSukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land)究極きゅうきょくultimate極めてきわめてexceedingly両極りょうきょくboth extremities端はしend (e.g. of street)途端とたんjust (now, at the moment, etc.)先端せんたんpointed end半端はんぱremnant

Source: JMdict entry 1240380 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.