Vocab Info

N3 う-verb (る), Transitive verb, Intransitive verb

(かぎ)to restrict, to limit, to confine, to be restricted to, to be limited to, to be confined to

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    1. う-verb (る), Transitive verb

      1.

      to restrict, to limit, to confine

    2. う-verb (る), Intransitive verb

      2.

      to be restricted to, to be limited to, to be confined to

    3. う-verb (る), Intransitive verb

      3.

      to be best (for), to be the best plan, to be the only way (to)

      as ...は...に限る

    All Forms

    限る 【かぎる】

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    Examples

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      その課題(かだい)期限(きげん)月末(げつまつ)(かぎ)られています。

      The deadline for that task is limited to the end of the month.

      • N3

      この(くすり)使用(しよう)緊急(きんきゅう)場合(ばあい)(かぎ)られているそうだ。

      It appears the use of this medicine is limited to emergency situations.

      • N3

      最近(さいきん)調子(ちょうし)()いからと()って(かなら)試合(しあい)()てるとは(かぎ)らない。

      Just because you're in good shape recently doesn't necessarily mean you'll always win.

      • N3

      (ぼく)(ちち)はいざという(とき)(かぎ)って()(ぱら)っていて、(まった)(たよ)りになりません。

      My father is always drunk at critical moments and is completely unreliable.

      • N3

      警察官(けいさつかん)たちは今日(きょう)から行方(ゆくえ)不明(ふめい)(しゃ)捜査(そうさ)範囲(はんい)をさらに(せま)(かぎ)(こと)にしたそうだ。

      It seems that the police have decided to further narrow down the search range for missing persons from today.

      • N2
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