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
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.