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Yuzuo Chan

11.06.2025

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Meaning

With A as the last time: A is the final day/period, and after A something that had continued stops for good ('after A, never again').

To the utmost of A (one's voice, strength, etc.): doing something with all of A.

Conjugation

N(時とき)+を+限かぎり+に: N(声こえ・力ちからなど)+を+限かぎり+に

Examples

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当店とうてんは今月末こんげつまつを限かぎりに閉店へいてんいたします。

彼かれは今年ことしを限かぎりに現役げんえきを引退いんたいする。

今日きょうを限かぎりに、たばこはやめることにした。

彼女かのじょは去年きょねんを限かぎりに、年賀状ねんがじょうを出だすのをやめた。

彼かれは声こえを限かぎりに「助たすけて」と叫さけんだ。

選手せんしゅたちは力ちからを限かぎりに戦たたかった。

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grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 明日あしたを限かぎりにダイエットを始はじめる。

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 明日あしたからダイエットを始はじめる。

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: を限かぎりに marks the END of something. To say when something starts, use から.

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 試験しけんは今週こんしゅうを限かぎりに終おわる。

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 試験しけんは今週こんしゅうで終おわる。

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: を限かぎりに implies a deliberate decision to stop (closing, quitting, retiring), not something that simply finishes on schedule. Use で for that.

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 今日きょうの限かぎりにたばこをやめる。

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 今日きょうを限かぎりにたばこをやめる。

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: The particle must be を: N+を限かぎりに. 'Vる+限かぎり' is a different pattern meaning 'as long as', and it is not a variant of をかぎりに.

Key points

Used with time words (今日きょう, 今月末こんげつまつ, 今年ことし…) when someone deliberately ends a job, habit, business or relationship. It is formal and common in announcements and writing. The verb that follows expresses stopping (やめる, 閉店へいてんする, 引退いんたいする). It cannot be used to start something, and it is not used for things that simply end on their own.

Close patterns: 〜をもって is even more formal and is used for official announcements (本日ほんじつをもって閉店へいてん). 〜を最後さいごに stresses 'the last time' and also fits non-deliberate events. 今日きょう限かぎりで can be a more colloquial/concise alternative when it means 'as of today,' but 今日きょう限かぎり alone can also mean 'today only.' With 声こえ・力ちから it means 'with all one's might' (声こえを限かぎりに叫さけぶ), and the same effort sense is also found in 力ちからの限かぎり.

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