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► 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
☆ 人間能力の限界に挑む ⇨ Challenge the limit of human ability
☆ エンジンを限界までした ⇨ He revved the engine to the max


More examples:
  • 今後社会問題既存制度枠組みの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たが、もう限界だ ⇨ I have been putting up with it all along, but this is the limit
  • エンジンを限界までした ⇨ He revved the engine to the limit
  • 我慢の限界にして息子突き放した ⇨ He reached the limit of patience and pushed his son away, severed the relationship
  • 能力ではあのが限界だろう ⇨ 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