限り
Japanese
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限 |
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kun’yomi |
Etymology
From the nominalized form of the verb 限る (kagiru).
Pronunciation
Noun
限り • (kagiri)
- limit, extent, scope
- very, to a great extent
- to the best of one's ability
- as long as
- 生きている限り、嬉しいことも悲しいことも必ずある。
- Ikiteiru kagiri, ureshii koto mo kanashii koto mo kanarazu aru.
- As long as you live, there will always be happy and sad things.
- 医者である限り、患者を助けるために必死に頑張らなければならない。
- Isha de aru kagiri, kanja o tasukeru tame ni hisshi ni ganbaranakereba naranai.
- As long as you are a doctor, you must work hard to help the patient.
- 生きている限り、嬉しいことも悲しいことも必ずある。
- as far as (indicating speaker's knowledge)
- unless... (after negative verb)
- 2007, 新時代日漢辭典/新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局/大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
- 2007, 新時代日漢辭典/新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局/大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
- 2007, 新時代日漢辭典/新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局/大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
- ... only (e.g. "one time only", "today only")
- (archaic) end of one's life; final moments; death
- (archaic) funeral; burial
Derived terms
- 見渡す限り (miwatasu kagiri)
- その場限り (sonoba kagiri)
References
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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