極致|きょくちkyokuchi[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounculmination; acme; height; peak; ultimate; perfection; ideal
   ミロのヴィーナスは美びの極致きょくちだ。↗

   The Venus de Milo is the perfection of beauty.

• Synonym絶頂ぜっちょうWrittenWritten/formal word for a peak or climax; stresses popularity or happiness at their height, as in 「人気の絶頂」, but not the perfection of an art or quality.
• Related頂点ちょうてんNeutralNeutral word for the highest point; covers mountain tops and the top of a field or profession, stressing position rather than perfection.
• Related最高さいこうNeutralEveryday word for highest or best; in speech it can also mean 'wonderful'. Far more casual than 「極致」.
• Related極限きょくげんNeutralNeutral word for a limit; stresses being at the very edge of what can be endured or reached, as in 「極限状態」.
• Antonym初歩しょほNeutralNeutral antonym: the basics or rudiments of a subject, the starting stage — the opposite of 「極致」, the highest realm of attainment.

Use 「極致」 for the utmost perfection of beauty, art or craft, as in 「美の極致」「贅沢の極致」. For the peak of popularity or happiness choose 「絶頂」, and for a limit or boundary 「極限」.

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1. 力ちからを出だしきり行き着いきついた所ところ。
2. このうえない趣おもむき。これ以上いじょうない程度ていど。