英和和英

読み方 かぎる

他動詞

To bound; to limit; to confine; to restrict; to circumscribe

用例

• この習慣は一地方に限られている
  The custom is limited to a part of the country.

• 語学は一カ国に限るがよし
  You should confine yourself to one language.
• 酒は医者からビール一本と限られた
  My doctor has restricted me to one bottle of beer.
• 潜行艇の活動は狭い範囲内に限られる
  The activity of the submarine is restricted within narrow limits―circumscribed.
• 各人の活動はその得手不得手のために限られる
  Each man's activity is bounded by his limitations.
• 日限を限る
  to limit the date

助動詞

Must; should

用例

• 保証人は戸主に限る
  The surety must be a householder.

• 志願者は中学卒業生に限る
  The candidate must have finished the middle school.
• 語学は若い時に限る
  The study of languages should be begun early.

副詞

Only

用例

• この切符は一人一枚に限る
  This ticket admits only one person.

• 中学卒業生に限り入学を許す
  Those only are admitted who have finished the middle school.
• 三十名を限り入学を許す
  Thirty students only shall be admitted.
• 貸間あり、ただし独身の紳士に限る
  Apartments to let: single gentleman only need apply.
• この表面には宿所姓名を限り認むべし
  Write 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.

特例

1

（＝何に限る）nothing like; best; give me

用例

• 疲れた時は酒に限る
  There is nothing like wine when one is tired.

• 花は一重に限る
  There is nothing like single flowers.
• 食前は散歩するに限る
  There is nothing like taking a walk before meals.
• 風景は松島に限る
  For scenery, there is no place like Matsushima.
• 風邪には葛根湯に限る
  For colds, there is nothing like Kakkonto.
• 君に限るよ
  There is no one like you.
• これに限る
  There is nothing like this
  This is the best thing.
• ビールの肴はチーズに限る
  Cheese is the best relish for beer.
• あのような人は敬して遠ざけておくに限る
  It is best to keep such men at a distance.
• 生意気な奴は凹ましておくに限る
  There is nothing like snubbing a conceited fellow
  It is best to snub a conceited fellow.
• 昔に限る（と老人は言う）
  Give me the good old times!

2

（＝何々に限って）particular; certain

用例

• その日に限って便船が出なかった
  The daily steamer did not sail on that particular day.

• その晩に限って不在であった
  I was away from home on that particular evening.
• あの人に限って何故断るのか
  What do you refuse that particular man?
• いくつと数を限って食う
  to eat a certain number
• 時間を限って問題を出す
  The question must be answered within a certain time.
• 何故僕に限って許さないのですか
  Why do you make an exception of me?
• あの時に限って彼は主義を曲げた
  For once he departed from his principles.
• 上にこびる者に限って下に横柄だ
  Those who fawn upon their superiors, always lord it over their inferiors.
• 面前で人を賞める者に限って陰で悪口を言う
  Those who praise you to your face, are sure to abuse you behind your back.

3

（＝誰に限ってそんなことはせぬ）the last person to do so

用例

• あの人に限ってそんなことはせぬ
  He is the last man to do such a things.

• あの人に限って嘘などはつかぬ
  He is the last man to tell a lie.
• 君に限ってやりそこなうようなことはあるまいと思った
  I thought you would be the last man to fail.
• 君に限ってそんなばかなことはしなかろうと思った
  I thought you, of all men, must be free from such follies.

4

（＝何に限らず）whatever

用例

• 何事に限らず全力を尽せ
  Whatever the matter may be,―Be the matter what it will―do your best.

• 彼がすることは何事に限らず成功する
  He succeeds in whatever he undertakes
  Whatever he may undertake, he succeeds in it.

5

（＝あながちそうとは限らない）not all; not always; not necessarily

用例

• あながちそうとは限らぬ
  It is not necessarily so
  That is not necessarily the case.

• 人は学問があるからとてあながち賢いとは限らぬ
  A learned man is not always a wise man.
• 烏だとて皆々黒いとは限らぬ
  Crows are not always black.
• 人は富貴に生まれたからとて必ずしも不幸だとは限らぬ
  Because a man is born rich, it does not necessarily follow that he is unfortunate.
• 日本人だとて皆々勇敢とは限らぬ
  Not all Japanese are brave.
• 光るものは皆々黄金とは限らぬ
  “All is not gold that glitters.”【イディオム・格言的】

6

（＝そうでないとも限らぬ）not impossible; may possibly; might

用例

• そんなことは無いとも限らぬ
  It is not impossible―quite possible―within the bounds of possibility.

• この評判が本当でないとも限らぬ
  The report may possibly be true
  The report might be true.
• 戦争のことだから日本が負けないとも限らぬ
  As it is the fortune of war, Japan may possibly be defeated
  Japan might be defeated.