Vocabulary

What does 極めて (きわめて, kiwamete) mean?

極めて (きわめて, kiwamete) means extremely, exceedingly.

Quick facts
Readingきわめて
Romajikiwamete
Part of speechadverb
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N1
きわめて
N1 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonkiwamete

extremely, exceedingly

  1. 1adverb exceedingly; extremely; decisively

Example sentences

  • This issue is extremely important.

  • His judgment was extremely accurate.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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