かぎり

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of かぎり – see the following entry.

【限り】

[noun] limit, extent, scope

[noun] very, to a great extent

[noun] to the best of one's ability

[noun] as long as

[noun] as far as (indicating speaker's knowledge)

[noun] unless... (after negative verb)

[noun] ... only (e.g. "one time only", "today only")

[noun] (archaic) end of one's life; final moments; death

[noun] (archaic) funeral; burial

(This term, かぎり (kagiri), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as かぎり, see Category:Japanese kanji read as かぎり.)