What function does とは have here? Is に omitted here?


> 不自由 **とは** 無縁の生活を捨てて、神様は不便極まるこの世界にのめり込んでいった。

Is it defining something?

Also in the second part, is the に particle before the intransitive verb
omitted or does it not require it?

> 神様は **不便極まる** この世界にのめり込んでいった。

Thanks!




とは is used descriptively here, much like 〜とは違う. In this sentence, you should
be looking at とは無縁 all together.

> 不自由 _とは無縁_ の生活 "life _free from_ inconvenience"

Not as easy to translate to English, but easy to see from examples how it's
used in Japanese (see
<http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/159809/m0u/%E3%81%A8%E3%81%AF/>). It's a
combination of the particles と and は

As for the 2nd part you added after I initially posted, no, に isn't being
excluded here. Expressions which take 〜極まる don't take に between them and the
極まる part. For example:

> 進退極まる
>
> 迷惑極まる
>
> 感極まって言葉も出ない




とは is used descriptively here, much like 〜とは違う. In this sentence, you should
be looking at とは無縁 all together.

> 不自由 _とは無縁_ の生活 "life _free from_ inconvenience"

Not as easy to translate to English, but easy to see from examples how it's
used in Japanese (see
<http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/159809/m0u/%E3%81%A8%E3%81%AF/>). It's a
combination of the particles と and は

As for the 2nd part you added after I initially posted, no, に isn't being
excluded here. Expressions which take 〜極まる don't take に between them and the
極まる part. For example:

> 進退極まる
>
> 迷惑極まる
>
> 感極まって言葉も出ない

