► 名詞
限界 [げんかい] [liter] meaning: limit rank: 1
☆ もう我慢の限界だ ⇨ I’ve reached the limit of patience
☆ 人間の能力の限界に挑む ⇨ Challenge the limit of human ability
☆ 彼はエンジンを限界まで回した ⇨ He revved the engine to the max
More examples:
- 今後の社会の問題に既存の制度の枠組みの中で対応するのには限界がある ⇨ There is a limit in what we can do if we have to deal with the issues in tomorrow’s society within the existing framework
- 今迄ずっと我慢して来たが、もう限界だ ⇨ I have been putting up with it all along, but this is the limit
- 彼はエンジンを限界まで回した ⇨ He revved the engine to the limit
- 彼は我慢の限界に達して息子を突き放した ⇨ He reached the limit of patience and pushed his son away, severed the relationship
- 彼の能力ではあの辺が限界だろう ⇨ With his ability that is probably the limit, the best he can do
- もう我慢の限界だ ⇨ This is the limit of my patience