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N1 Lesson 10: 10/33

を限(かぎ)りにAs of (the end of), (Starting) from, (No longer) after, By (the), Ending with

Structure

Noun + を限(かぎ)りに
Noun + 限(かぎ)りで

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About を限りに

を限(かぎ)りに is a structure that follows nouns in order to express a time for which something that was continuing will finish by. Common interpretations include ‘ending with (A), (B)’, and ‘no longer than (A), (B)’. This grammar pattern makes use of the adverbial particle を, the noun 限(かぎ)り ‘limit’, and the case-marking particle に.

を限(かぎ)りに is primarily used for making proclamations or announcements, and is more formal than similar structures like 限(かぎ)りで.

Fun Fact

Although を限(かぎ)りに almost always follows words indicating a specific time or place that is being viewed temporally, there is also the set expression 声(こえ)を限(かぎ)りに, ‘to the limit of one’s voice’ that breaks this usual rule.

  • 昨日(きのう)の夜(よる)は息子(むすこ)が声(こえ)を限(かぎ)りに泣(な)いていたから大変(たいへん)だったよ。
    It was tough last night because my son was crying to the limit of his voice (crying as loud as he could).

Examples

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    明日(あした)を限(かぎ)りに閉店(へいてん)致(いた)します。当店(とうてん)は１９７２年(せんきゅうひゃくななじゅうにねん)に開業(かいぎょう)し、４９年(よんじゅうきゅうねん)にわたり現在(げんざい)の場所(ばしょ)で営業(えいぎょう)してまいりました。

    We will close as of tomorrow. This store opened in 1972 and has been operating at our current location for 49 years.

    異動(いどう)、公務員(こうむいん)：「今週(こんしゅう)限(かぎ)りで、現在(げんざい)の職務(しょくむ)から離(はな)れることになりました。」

    Changes in personnel, civil servant: 'I will be leaving my current position as of this week.'

    同僚(どうりょう)との話(はなし)：「今月(こんげつ)限(かぎ)りで田中(たなか)さんは退職(たいしょく)するつもりって聞(き)いたけど、本当(ほんとう)か？」

    Conversation between coworkers: 'I heard that Tanaka is planning to resign as of this month, but is that true?'

    今回(こんかい)を限(かぎ)りに武田(たけだ)先生(せんせい)は人前(ひとまえ)では演奏(えんそう)しません。

    Takeda-sensei will not perform in public as of now.

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