かぎる
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, transitive)
1. to restrict; to limit; to confine
Let's limit its use to real emergencies.
Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)
2. to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be confined to
There are only so many places to hide.
3. to be best (for); to be the best plan; to be the only way (to)
as ...は...に限る
At times like this, there is nothing better than drinking to forget.
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
to give up on; to turn one's back on; to abandon; to forsake; to desert; to leave
but he has to be handsome; that said, only if he's a looker
to put a time-limit on
(lit.) Pacific saury is only good if it's from Meguro
Examples (39 in total)
But this is not always the case.
There are only so many places to hide.
The number of arrows is limited.