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限り, かぎり
1. limit, limits, bounds
2. degree, extent, scope
Noun, used as a suffix
3. the end, the last
Adverb, after an adjective, verb, or noun
4. as long as ..., as far as ..., as much as ..., to the limits of ..., all of ...
after neg. verb
5. unless ...
彼の好奇心には限りがなかった。
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きり, 切り, 限り, 切, 限
Usually in kana
1. end, finish, place to stop
See 切りがない・1
2. bound, limit
Only 限り, Only 限, Finance term
3. delivery date (of a futures contract)
4. finale (of a noh song), end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki), final performance of the day (in vaudeville)
5. trump card
彼は３８歳なのに両親に頼りきりです。
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限る, かぎる
Conjugated: 限り
Godan verb, Transitive
1. to restrict, to limit, to confine
Intransitive
2. to be restricted to, to be limited to, to be confined to
as ...は...に限る
3. to be best (for), to be the best plan, to be the only way (to)
暑い日は冷たいビールに限る。
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ぎりぎり, 限り限り, ギリギリ
NA-adjective, May take 'no', Adverb, Onomatopoeic or mimetic word, Usually in kana
just barely, only just, at the very limit, at the last moment
ギリギリのところで間に合う。
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限り無し, 限無し, きりなし
usu. used adverbially as 限り無しに
1. boundlessness, endlessness, infinity
2. incessantness, continuousness
ある限り, 有る限り, あるかぎり
See 限り・1, See 有る・1
1. all (there is)
Expression, Adverb
2. as long as there is
命がある限りあなたのご恩は忘れません。
を限りに, をかぎりに
Expression, See 声を限りに
as of the end of (today, this month, etc.), to make (today, etc.) the last (day)
同じ頃、事務員・有村夏恵は、今月を限りに退職する旨を五鬼上に申し入れた。
能う限り, あたう限り, あたうかぎり
Expression, May take 'no', See 出来る限り・できるかぎり
as much as possible, as far as possible, to the best of one's abilities
できる限り, 出来る限り, できるかぎり
Expression, Adverb, May take 'no'
as much as one can, as much as possible
可能な限り, かのうなかぎり
Expression, Adverb
to the extent possible, as much as possible, as far as possible, whenever possible, wherever possible, if (at all) possible
可能な限りの手段を講じろ。
目の届く限り, めのとどくかぎり
Expression
as far as the eye can reach, as far as the eye can see
目がとどく限り、砂以外の何物もなかった。
力の続く限り, ちからのつづくかぎり
Expression, Adverb taking the 'to' particle, Adverb
as long as one's strength lasts
に関する限り, に関するかぎり, にかんするかぎり
Expression, See 関する
as far as ... is concerned, so far as ... can tell
給料に関するかぎり、それはよい仕事である。
時間の許す限り, じかんのゆるすかぎり
Expression
as long as time allows, whenever one has the time, as time permits