限定|げんていgentei[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. suru verb, transitive verb, no-adjectivelimit; restriction
    切符きっぷの数かずは限定げんていされていた。↗
    The number of tickets was limited.
Conjugation
Dictionary form限定する(げんていする)
Polite (masu)限定します(げんていします)
Negative (nai)限定しない(げんていしない)
polite (masen)限定しません(げんていしません)
classical zu / nu限定せず・限定せぬ(げんていせず・げんていせぬ)
Past (ta)限定した(げんていした)
polite (mashita)限定しました(げんていしました)
Past negative (nakatta)限定しなかった(げんていしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)限定しませんでした(げんていしませんでした)
Te form限定して(げんていして)
Potential限定できる(げんていできる)
Passive限定される(げんていされる)
Causative限定させる(げんていさせる)
Causative passive限定させられる(げんていさせられる)
Conditional (ba)限定すれば(げんていすれば)
tara限定したら(げんていしたら)
Volitional限定しよう(げんていしよう)
polite (mashou)限定しましょう(げんていしましょう)
Imperative限定しろ(げんていしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym制限せいげんNeutralA neutral noun for restriction — not letting something go past a set point, as in 「速度制限」. 限定 focuses on fixing the scope or quantity, as in 「限定品」.
  • Synonym制約せいやくWrittenA noun for constraints — conditions that bind or restrict, as in 「時間の制約」. Leans toward written, formal prose; 限定 fixes a scope or number instead.
  • Synonym限るかぎるNeutralA verb meaning to restrict to or confine, as in 「会員に限る」. The pattern 「〜に限る」 also means something is the best choice.
  • Related限界げんかいNeutralThe limit itself — the point past which nothing more is possible, as in 「体力の限界」. It stresses hitting the ceiling, not setting a range.
  • Related限度げんどNeutralThe bound that should not be crossed, as in 「我慢にも限度がある」. It marks how far something may go, while 限定 actively fixes a range or number.
  • Related局限きょくげんWrittenA formal, written word for confining something to a certain range; it narrows scope like 限定 but with a bookish flavor.
  • Related限局げんきょくWrittenA rare, written term for keeping a target or range within set bounds; it appears mostly in medical writing and is seldom met outside such contexts.
  • Antonym無制限むせいげんNeutralThe direct opposite: with no limits or restrictions set. Use it where 限定 would fix a scope or number.
  • Antonym無限むげんNeutralLimitless or infinite — the opposite of the finiteness that 限定 imposes. Covers endless quantity, degree, or time.
  • Antonym拡大かくだいNeutralTo expand or enlarge scope or scale — the reverse of 限定, which narrows a range down. Neutral in register.

Use 「限定」 to fix the scope, quantity, or target, as in 「期間限定」 and 「数量限定」. For not letting something exceed a set point say 「制限」; for binding conditions 「制約」; for the point past which one cannot go 「限界」. The opposites are 「無制限」 and 「拡大」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 数量すうりょう・範囲はんいなどを一定いっていの範囲はんいに限かぎり定さだめること。
  2. 事例じれいなどの数かずを限かぎること。少すくなくすること。
  3. 修飾しゅうしょくにより意味いみを制約せいやくし、より具体的ぐたいてき、個別的こべつてきにすること。
  4. 名詞めいしを修飾しゅうしょくすること。
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