By ProDev Teach | Updated May 2025
🔍 Meaning & Usage
The pattern ～を限りに indicates that from a specific time or occasion onward, something changes. It often marks the end of one state or the beginning of another.
Structure:[time/event] + を限りに, [result or change]
English: “As of [time/event], …” / “From [that moment] on, …”
💡 Example Sentences
- 本日を限りに、喫煙所は閉鎖いたします。
As of today, the smoking area will be closed. - 今月末を限りに、このサービスは終了します。
This service will end at the end of this month. - 彼は昨日を限りに会社を退職した。
He retired from the company as of yesterday. - この薬の使用は本日を限りに中止してください。
Please discontinue use of this medicine from today onward. - 明日を限りに夏休みも終わりです。
Summer vacation ends as of tomorrow. - 今年の決算を限りに、経営方針を見直します。
From the end of this fiscal year, we will revise our management policy. - 来月一日を限りに料金が改定されます。
As of the first of next month, the fees will be revised.
🔗 Related Patterns
～を限りに: Marks the cutoff point of time/event → change～をもって: Formal “as of” or “at” (often interchangeable)～限り: “As long as…” (different usage)～を最後に: “Once…” (emphasizes final instance)
✏️ Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blanks
Use を限りに to complete each sentence:
- 本日＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿、受付は終了いたします。
- 今週末＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿、割引キャンペーンは終了です。
- 彼女は昨日＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿、プロジェクトリーダーを務めることになった。
- この電車は明朝＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿、運行を休止します。
✔ Answers:
- 本日を限りに、受付は終了いたします。
- 今週末を限りに、割引キャンペーンは終了です。
- 彼女は昨日を限りに、プロジェクトリーダーを務めることになった。
- この電車は明朝を限りに、運行を休止します。
2. Translate to Japanese
- As of tomorrow, the cafeteria will be closed.
- He will no longer be available as of the end of this week.
- From today onward, we are stopping production of this model.
✔ Suggested Answers:
- 明日を限りに、食堂は閉店します。
- 彼は今週末を限りに、もう対応できません。
- 本日を限りに、このモデルの生産を停止します。
3. True or False?
- ～を限りに can mark both start and end points. → ✅ True
- It is a very casual spoken pattern. → ❌ False
- ～を限りに and ～をもって can sometimes be used interchangeably. → ✅ True
📝 Summary
- Pattern: [time/event] を限りに, [result/change]
- Meaning: “As of… (from that point), …”
- Usage: Marks a cutoff point for change
- Formality: Formal, written or announcements
- JLPT Level: N1
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