限度|げんどgendo[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounlimit; bounds
   物事ものごとには限度げんどがある。↗

   There is a limit to everything.

• Synonym限界げんかいNeutralThe utmost point beyond which one cannot go at all, as in 「体力の限界」. 「限度」 is a line not to be crossed, and can be an upper or lower bound.
• SynonymリミットCasualColloquial loanword for a deadline or upper cap, as in 「タイムリミット」. 「限度」 sounds more formal.
• Synonym際限さいげんWrittenWritten word for the end or farthest reach of something, mostly in the negative 「際限がない」. 「限度」 is a bounded range.
• Synonym極限きょくげんWrittenWritten word for an extreme, utmost state, as in 「極限状態」. 「限度」 is an ordinary boundary not to be crossed.
• Synonym限りかぎりNeutralMeans a limit or end, and also appears as 「〜限り」 to mark a range; used more broadly than 「限度」.
• SynonymきりCasualColloquial word for the point where something ends, seen in 「切りがない」 and 「切りのいい所」.
• Related制限せいげんNeutralThe act of imposing a restriction, as in 「年齢制限」. 「限度」 is the boundary of such a restriction itself, not the act.
• Related限定げんていNeutralRestricting something to a set scope, as in 「数量限定」. 「限度」 is a boundary of degree or amount, not the act of narrowing.
• RelatedシーリングWrittenWritten loanword for a price or budget ceiling, also a room ceiling; mainly an economic term.
• Related制約せいやくWrittenWritten word for a constraint imposed by conditions, such as time constraints. 「限度」 is simply a boundary.
• Related局限きょくげんWrittenWritten word for confining something to a narrow area, as in 「局限性」. 「限度」 is a boundary of degree.
• Antonym無制限むせいげんNeutralMeans unlimited or unrestricted, the direct opposite of the bounded 「限度」.
• Antonym無限むげんNeutralMeans infinity or being limitless, the opposite of the bounded 「限度」.

Use 「限度」 for a line that must not be crossed, as in 「限度額」 and 「能力には限度がある」. For the utmost limit of ability say 「限界」, for the act of restricting 「制限」, and for something endless 「際限がない」. 「リミット」 is a casual cap or deadline, 「限定」 narrows a scope, and 「極限」 is an extreme state; 「無制限」 and 「無限」 are its opposites.

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1. それ以上いじょうは越こえられない、限かぎられた範囲はんい。