英和和英

読み方 かぎり

名詞

Bounds; limits; end

用例

• 人の力には限りがある
  There are limits to man's power.

• 慾に限り無し
  Avarice knows no bounds
  Avarice knows no limits
  There is no limit to avarice.
• 稽古は今日限り
  School ends today.
• 限りある収入
  a limited income
• 限り無き天地
  the boundless universe

形容詞相当語句

All ; every; last

用例

• 力のあらん限り働く
  I work with all my might―with might and main.

• あらん限りの力を出す
  to put forth all one's strength
• 力に及ぶ限りの手を尽した
  I have tried every means in my power.
• 彼らは命のあらん限り戦った
  They fought to the last―to the last drop of their blood.
• 酒を飲むのはこれ限りだ
  This is the last time I shall drink.

副詞

Only:（日限の限りは）not later than

用例

• この表面には宿所姓名を限り認むべし
  White only the name and address on this side.

• 本校生徒に限り割引す
  The prices are reduced for the students of this school only.
• 三十名を限り入学を許す
  Thirty students only shall be admitted.
• 本提供は本月末日限りとす
  This offer will hold good till the end of the current month only.
• 授業料は毎月三日限り納付すべし
  The tuition-fee shall be paid not later than the 3rd of each month.

接続詞

As much as; as well as; as far as; as long as

用例

• 力に及ぶ限り努力せん
  I shall endeavour as far as I can―as far as lies in my power―so far as in me lies―to the best of my ability.

• 僕は生きている限り働く
  I will work as long as I live.
• 僕の知っている限りでは他に例は無い
  This is the only case so far as I know
  This is the only case to the best of my knowledge
  There is no other case that I know of
  There is no other case to my knowledge.
• 寡婦は事情の許す限り（どうかこうか）子どもを教育した
  The widow educated her children so far as circumstances permitted―as well as she could under the circumstances―as best she might.
• 見渡す限り原は火の海と化した
  The plain was a sea of fire as far as I could see―as far as the eye could reach.

その他

用例

• 声の限り叫んだ
  I should at the top of my voice―at the top of my lungs.

• 力のあらん限り走った
  I ran at the top of my speed
  I put my best foot foremost.
• このたび限り私の言うことを聴いて下さい
  Listen to me for this once!
• 今日限り暇を出す
  I dismiss you from my service this very day.
• 今日限り禁酒する
  I give up drinking from this day on.
• 彼は今日限りの命だ
  He will not see another day.
• 見渡す限り我天下（孤島生活）
  I am “monarch of all I survey.”
• 上を見れば限り無し
  Greatness is comparative.
• 不足を言えば限り無し
  There is no perfection in this world.
• 限り無き命
  eternal life
• 願書は書式によらざる限りすべて無効とす
  All applications that are not drawn up in due form shall be invalid.
• 紙面に限りあれば詳細にわたることを得ず
  Want of space prevents our going into details.
• この場限りの話しだが
  Between you and me
  Between ourselves,...
• 沙汰の限りである
  It is absurd―preposterous―monstrous―outrageous―atrocious.
• この限りにあらず
  It is excepted―an exception.
• 次の場合はこの限りにあらず
  The following cases are exceptions:―
• ただし外人はこの限りにあらず
  Foreigners, however, are excepted from the rule―excepted from the regulation―This rule, however, does not apply to foreigners.
• 説明の限りにあらず
  Explanation may or may not be given
  Explanation need not be given.
• 理由は説明の限りにあらず
  The reason may or may not be given
  There is no need of giving the reason.