限る – Vocabulary details

限かぎる

Verb (5-dan, る, transitive)

1. to restrict; to limit; to confine

Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)

2. to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be confined to

3. to be best (for); to be the best plan; to be the only way (to)

as ...は...に限る

limit

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to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)

but he has to be handsome; that said, only if he's a looker

to put a time-limit on

ですが、いつもそうだとは限かぎりません。

But this is not always the case.

地ち球きゅうの資し源げんは限かぎられている。

The resources of the earth are limited.

暑あつい日ひは冷つめたいビールに限かぎる。

There is nothing more refreshing than a cold beer on a hot day.

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