限

limit, restrict, to best of ability

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ゲン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

-かぎ.りかぎ.りかぎ.る

Stroke Order

9 / 9

Information

Grade:5

Strokes:9

JLPT:N3

Frequency:405

Vocabulary

ゲン

Word	Reading	Meaning
下限	カゲン	lower limit; infimum
期限	キゲン	term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
極限	キョクゲン	utmost limits; extremity; limit
権限	ケンゲン	power; authority; jurisdiction
限界	ゲンカイ	limit; bound

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
限り限り	ぎりぎり	just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
限り限り	ギリギリ	just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
限り	かぎり	limit; limits; bounds; degree; extent; scope; the end; the last; as long as ...; as far as ...; as much as ...; to the limits of ...; all of ...; unless ...; (not) included in ...; (not) part of ...; being very much (in a certain state); extreme amount (of a feeling, etc.); ... only (e.g. "one time only", "today only"); end of one's life; final moments; death; funeral; burial
限りない	かぎりない	unlimited; endless; boundless; infinite
限る	かぎる	to restrict; to limit; to confine; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be confined to; to be best (for); to be the best plan; to be the only way (to)

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