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飽くまで

あくまで

to the end, to the last, persistently; strictly speaking

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Examples

  1. これは飽くまで私の意見です。

    これはあくまでわたしのいけんです。

    This is strictly just my own opinion.

  2. 君は飽くまで意地を張るのだね。

    きみはあくまでいじをはるのだね。

    You really are going to hold out to the bitter end, aren't you?

  3. 彼は飽くまで自分が正しいと言い張った。

    かれはあくまでじぶんがただしいといいはった。

    He insisted to the last that he was right.

  4. この数字は飽くまで予想であって、決定した金額ではありません。

    このすうじはあくまでよそうであって、けっていしたきんがくではありません。

    This figure is no more than an estimate, not a settled amount.

Common patterns

飽くまで～に過ぎない
to be strictly no more than ~
飽くまで反対する
to oppose to the very end
飽くまでも
to the very last (emphatic)

Memory tip

Two quite different jobs: with a verb it means sticking at something stubbornly, and before a noun phrase it means 'strictly only this and nothing more', a hedge used constantly in business Japanese. Normally written in kana as あくまで.

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