限: Limit; Restrict; To Best Of AbilityKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (ゲン)

• 制限せいげんrestriction; restraint
• 期限きげんterm; period
• 権限けんげんpower; authority
• 限界げんかいlimit; bound
• 上限じょうげんupper limit
• 最大限さいだいげんmaximum
• 限定げんていlimit; restriction
• 限度げんどlimit; bounds
• 最小限さいしょうげんminimum; lowest
• 最低限さいていげんminimum
• 限度額げんどがくlimit (amount, e.g. on credit card, loan, expenditure)
• 時限じげん(school) period
• 無期限むきげんindefinite
• 無限むげんinfinity; infinitude
• 極限きょくげんutmost limits; extremity
• 下限かげんlower limit
• 無制限むせいげんunlimited; unrestricted
• 有限ゆうげんfinite; limited
• 際限さいげんlimits; end
• 北限ほくげんnorthern limit
• 年限ねんげんlength of time; term
• 最小限度さいしょうげんどminimum
• 有限会社ゆうげんがいしゃlimited company; company structure for small businesses, abolished in 2006 (YK)
• 期間限定きかんげんていlimited time
• 産児制限さんじせいげんbirth control
• 門限もんげんclosing time; lockup
• にわか分限にわかぶんげんmushroom millionaire
• アクセス権限アクセスけんげんaccess authorizations
• ウィンドウ上限ウィンドウじょうげんupper window edge
• ウィンドウ下限ウィンドウかげんlower window edge
• パスワード制限パスワードせいげんcontrol of access by means of a password; being password-protected
• ロシュ限界ロシュげんかいRoche limit; Roche's limit (closest that a natural satellite can come to the center of a planet without disintegrating due to tidal forces)
• 一代分限いちだいぶんげんnew money; nouveau riche
• 一限いちげんfirst period (e.g. first class in school day)
• 一限目いちげんめfirst period (e.g. first class in school day)
• 上下限じょうげげんbounds

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 限るかぎるto restrict; to limit
• 限りかぎりlimit; limits
• 限りないかぎりないeternal; unlimited
• に限ってにかぎってparticularly; only
• 見限るみかぎるto give up on; to turn one's back (on)
• あたう限りあたうかぎりas much as possible; as far as possible
• あらん限りあらんかぎりall; as much as possible
• ある限りあるかぎりall (there is)
• この限りでないこのかぎりでないin this case, it does not apply; this case is an exception
• この限りではありませんこのかぎりではありませんin this case, it does not apply; this case is an exception
• この限りではないこのかぎりではないin this case, it does not apply; this case is an exception
• その場限りそのばかぎりtemporary; ad hoc
• ただしイケメンに限るただしイケメンにかぎるbut he has to be handsome; that said, only if he's a looker
• できうる限りできうるかぎりas (much) as possible; as (far) as possible
• できる限りできるかぎりas ... as one can; as ... as possible
• できる限り早いできるかぎりはやいas soon as possible; at the earliest time
• できる限り早期できるかぎりそうきas soon as possible; ASAP
• とは限らないとはかぎらないnot necessarily so; is not always true
• に関する限りにかんするかぎりas far as ... is concerned; so far as ... can tell
• に限らずにかぎらずnot limited to; not just ...
• を限りにをかぎりにas of the end of (today, this month, etc.); to make (today, etc.) the last (day)

Other readings

• 限り限りぎりぎりjust barely; only just
• っ限りっきりonly; just
• ロッシュ限界ロシュげんかいRoche limit; Roche's limit (closest that a natural satellite can come to the center of a planet without disintegrating due to tidal forces)

Showing the 60 most common of 305 words. See them all in the graph.

Kanji that often appear with 限

• 制
• 界
• 無
• 期
• 定
• 有
• 度
• 最
• 出
• 法
• 時
• 用