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N1 Lesson 10: 9/22

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

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Noun + を限りに
Noun + 限りで
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  • (A) を限りに is an expression used to indicate the time that something ends or significantly changes. (A) is usually a time expression. 限りで is less formal compared to を限りに. This phrase often follows words like 今日、今回、今月、今年 and so on.
  • を限りに is also used in a set phrase「声を限りに」- "to the limit of one's voice" or "at the top of one's lungs" as in 「武は声を限りに叫んだ。」- "Takeshi screamed at the top of his lungs." It can be also written as 声の限りに
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妻（つま）の「今回（こんかい）限（かぎ）りでタバコをやめよう」という言葉（ことば）を今（いま）までに何（なん）回（かい）聞（き）いただろう？
How many times do you think I've heard my wife's words "I'm quitting smoking as of this time"?
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    • 明日（あす）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（ねん）に開業（かいぎょう）し、４９年（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.
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    • 《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."
    If 職を離れる were used then the nuance would be that the civil servant will quit the job. However, in this case it is likely a reshuffling of the government personnel
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