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Noun + を限りに
Noun + 限りで
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About を限りに
を限りに 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 限り ‘limit’, and the case-marking particle に.
を限りに is primarily used for making proclamations or announcements, and is more formal than similar structures like 限りで.
Fun Fact
Although を限りに almost always follows words indicating a specific time or place that is being viewed temporally, there is also the set expression 声を限りに, ‘to the limit of one’s voice’ that breaks this usual rule.
- 昨日の夜は息子が声を限りに泣いていたから大変だったよ。It was tough last night because my son was crying to the limit of his voice (crying as loud as he could).
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明日を限りに閉店致します。当店は1972年に開業し、49年にわたり現在の場所で営業してまいりました。
We will close as of tomorrow. This store opened in 1972 and has been operating at our current location for 49 years.
異動、公務員:「今週限りで、現在の職務から離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.'
同僚との話:「今月限りで田中さんは退職するつもりって聞いたけど、本当か?」
Conversation between coworkers: 'I heard that Tanaka is planning to resign as of this month, but is that true?'
今回を限りに武田先生は人前では演奏しません。
Takeda-sensei will not perform in public as of now.
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