きり・切り・限り・切・限kiri[2]odaka (tail-high)

1. nounend; finish; place to stop
2. nounbound; limit; end
3. noun, financedelivery date (of a futures contract)
4. nounfinale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki); final performance of the day (in vaudeville)
5. nountrump card
6. noun, card gamesking (court card; in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
7. noun, gocut; separation of two groupsusu. キリ
8. countercounter for slices (esp. thick slices); counter for cuts (of fish, meat, etc.)
9. particleonly; justsometimes pronounced ぎり
10. particle(ever) since; afterusu. in a negative sentence; sometimes pronounced ぎり
    彼かれはそこに行いったきり２度どと帰かえってこなかった。↗

    He went there, never to return.
11. particlecontinuously; remaining (in a particular state)sometimes pronounced ぎり
    彼かれは３８歳さいなのに両親りょうしんに頼たよりきりです。↗

    Though 38, he is still dependent on his parents.

• Synonym限界げんかいNeutralThe limit of ability or endurance, as in 「体力の限界」; 「切り」 mostly appears in 「切りがない」, meaning there is no end.
• Synonym限度げんどNeutralA bound that must not be exceeded, as in 「限度額」 and 「我慢にも限度がある」; 「切り」 focuses on reaching a stopping point.
• SynonymリミットNeutralA loanword for an upper limit or deadline that must not be crossed, as in 「タイムリミット」; 「切り」 is mostly seen in 「切りがいい」 and 「切りがない」.
• Synonym際限さいげんWrittenA written word for the end or limit of something, mostly in the negative 「際限がない」; close in sense to 「切りがない」.
• Related極限きょくげんWrittenA written word for the extreme point when driven to the edge, as in 「極限状態」 or 「極限まで鍛える」; often for extreme physical or mental states, and the mathematical limit.

Use 「切り」 for coming to a natural stopping point or for having no end, as in 「切りがいい」 and 「切りがない」. Use 「限界」 for the limits of ability, 「限度」 for a cap on quantity, and 「リミット」 for a deadline; 「際限がない」 also expresses endlessness.

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1. （きり、ぎり）のみ。だけ。