両極|りょうきょくryoukyoku[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounboth extremities
2. nounNorth and South Poles
3. nounpositive and negative poles

• Related正反対せいはんたいNeutralNeutral. Means completely opposite, as in 「正反対の性格」; 「両極」 stresses the positions of the two extremes.
• Related極性きょくせいWrittenWritten/formal prose. A physics and chemistry term for polarity; 「両極」 is the two poles themselves.
• Related両極性WrittenWritten/formal prose. Refers to the property of having two poles, and leans technical; 「両極」 is the two extremes themselves.
• RelatedポラリティーWrittenWritten/formal prose. A loanword for polarity or polarization, academic in flavor; 「両極」 points to the two poles or extremes themselves.
• RelatedポラリティWrittenWritten/formal prose. A loanword, a shortened spelling of 「ポラリティー」, meaning polarity; it refers to something different from 「両極」.
• Antonym中間ちゅうかんNeutralNeutral. On the ends-versus-middle axis it stands opposite to 「両極」, meaning the middle.

Use 「両極」 for the two extremes themselves — the North and South Poles, positive and negative poles, or two opposite ends, as in 「両極端」. For complete opposites use 「正反対」; for polarity use 「極性」. The antonym is 「中間」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 北極ほっきょくと南極なんきょく。
2. 陰極いんきょくと陽極ようきょく。
3. 対立たいりつする二ふたつのもの。