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View 究 kanji details →Results for “究”
to carry to extremes, to go to the end of something, to reach the limits of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc), to be extremely (e.g. busy); to investigate thoroughly, to research thoroughly, to master, to understand completely
ultimate, final, last, eventual
investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts)
- 究竟くきょう
culmination, conclusion
- 究竟くっきょう
after all, in the end, finally; excellent, superb, handy, appropriate, ideal; robust, brawny, muscular, strong, sturdy
- 窮理きゅうり
study of natural laws; branch of neo-Confusianist scholarship
- 究極的きゅうきょくてき
ultimate
- 窮理学きゅうりがく
(Western) physics
- 究極要因きゅうきょくよういん
ultimate cause (in contrast to a proximate cause)