リミットrimitto

1. nounlimit

• Synonym限界げんかいNeutralThe limit of ability or physical endurance, as in 「体力の限界」; 「リミット」 leans toward limits that are set, whether of time or quantity.
• Synonym限度げんどNeutralThe limit of what is allowed or tolerable, as in 「我慢にも限度がある」; it stresses the acceptable range rather than a set line.
• Synonym上限じょうげんNeutralThe upper limit, as in 「金額の上限」; it focuses on the highest line a figure or amount may reach.
• SynonymシーリングWrittenA loanword that literally means ceiling; it also serves as a budget cap, and leans toward formal administrative and fiscal usage.
• Synonym極限きょくげんNeutralThe extreme or utmost limit, as in 「極限状態」; it stresses being pushed to the very extreme.
• Synonym限りかぎりNeutralA limit or extent, also used after words as 「〜限り」; the most versatile of these terms.
• SynonymきりCasualAn end or stopping point, often as 「切りがない」; colloquial.
• Related際限さいげんNeutralAn end or limit, mostly in 「際限なく」 and 「際限がない」; it typically pairs with a negative.
• Related局限きょくげんNeutralConfining something within a narrow scope, as in 「局限された地域」; it stresses restricting the range, not marking a boundary.
• Related際涯さいがいWrittenA boundary or end; highly literary and rare — everyday speech prefers 「果て」.
• Related最高限度さいこうげんどFormalA prescribed maximum; formal in tone and centered on numerical ceilings.
• Antonym無制限むせいげんNeutralUnrestricted, as in 「無制限に使える」; the opposite of 「リミット」, which sets a limit.
• Antonym無限むげんNeutralInfinite or endless, with no limit at all; the opposite of 「リミット」, which implies a finite bound.

「リミット」 is a loanword for a set limit or bound, and for a deadline as in 「タイムリミット」. For the limits of body or mind use 「限界」, for what is acceptable 「限度」, for a numerical ceiling 「上限」; the antonym is 「無制限」.

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1. これ以上いじょう進すすまない、超こえてはいけない境界線きょうかいせんや限界げんかいのこと。