Illustration: On the floor of a Japanese apartment, a traveler kneels beside a suitcase packed so tightly that its lid cannot close. Clothes bulge against the edges, and the zipper ends remain far apart despite both hands pressing down.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

限げん界かい

genkai

limit

Example sentences

  1. あらゆるものに限界げんかいがある。

    There is a limit to everything.

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  2. 彼かれの我慢がまんも限界げんかいに達たっした。

    His patience reached its limit.

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  3. もう我慢がまんの限界げんかいだ！

    This is the last straw!

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Kanji in 限界

  • 限limit; restrictOnゲンKunかぎる・かぎり
  • 界world; boundaryOnカイ

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