- JLPT N1
を限りに(をかぎりに)
NikoJLPT N1: を限りに (をかぎりに // [this is] the last [time/day/etc. that...])
限り (かぎり) has quite a few uses in Japanese. We've already seen a couple of them:
- JLPT N2: ないかぎり
- JLPT N1: かぎりだ
When we say を限りに after a NOUN, the meaning is "(this is) the last NOUN (that blah blah blah...)."
That NOUN will be something that signifies a point in time or an event of some kind.
An example:
健康のため、今日を限りにお酒もタバコもやめます。
けんこう の ため、 きょう をかぎりに おさけ も タバコ も やめます。
In the interest of my health, today is the last day I will drink or smoke.
today を限りに
→ today is the last day
Here's another example:
川島さんは今月末を限りに退職するそうだ。
かわしまさん は こんげつまつ をかぎりに たいしょく する そうだ。
I heard that Kawashima-san is going to resign after this month. // I heard that this will be Kawashima-san’s last month with the company.
Seem pretty straightforward?
I hope so, because I don't have much else to say about it.
Oh, I suppose I could add that you won't hear を限りに all that often in everyday Japanese. It's pretty stiff-sounding. Maybe you'll hear it in a business meeting, for example, but not during most of your day-to-day activities in Japan.
Here are two more examples:
次の試合を限りにゴルフ界を引退することにしました。
つぎ の しあい をかぎりに ゴルフかい を いんたい する ことにしました。
After this next game, I’ve decided to retire from the world of golf.
高校卒業の日を限りに、親元を離れて自立するつもりだ。
こうこう そつぎょう の ひ をかぎりに、 おやもと を はなれて じりつ する つもり だ。
After the day I graduate high school, I’m planning to leave my parents’ house and become independent.
Finished. A nice, short lesson, yeah?
Niko
