Onyomi: ゲン · Kunyomi: -かぎ.り, かぎ.り, かぎ.る · Meanings: limit, restrict, to best of ability
Kanji for limit, restrict, to best of ability
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限 is made from 阝, meaning a “boundary” or “place,” and 艮, which has the sense of stopping or holding back. Together they show a point where movement must stop. From this idea, 限 came to mean a limit, boundary, or restriction.
There is a point where you must stop and cannot go further. That stopping point is 限.
Think of a boundary that makes you stop. That limit is 限.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 切り | きり | end, finish, place to stop | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 限る | かぎる | to restrict, to limit, to confine | common JLPT-N3 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb |
| 限界 | げんかい | limit, bound | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 限度 | げんど | limit, bounds | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 限定 | げんてい | limit, restriction | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 限り | かぎり | limit, limits, bounds | common Noun |
| 限定的 | げんていてき | limited, limiting, restrictive | Na-adjective (keiyodoshi) |
| 限定用法 | げんていようほう | restrictive (use) | Noun |
| 限りある | かぎりある | finite, limited, restricted | Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Noun or verb acting prenominally |
| 限り限り | ぎりぎり | just barely, only just, at the very limit, at the last moment | common Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun, Adverb (fukushi) |