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~を限かぎりに: meaning, usage and examples

~を限かぎりに means: with... as the last time / ending as of...

Updated 9 November 2026 · By the My Senpai team · Spotted a mistake? Tell us

Examples

1. 今日きょうを限かぎりに、タバコをやめることにした。

   I have decided that today is the last day I smoke.

2. この試合しあいを限かぎりに、引退いんたいすることを決意けついしました。

   I have decided to retire after this match.

3. 本日ほんじつを限かぎりに、この劇場げきじょうは四よん十年じゅうねんの歴史れきしに幕まくを下おろす。

   As of today, this theater brings its forty-year history to a close.

4. 今月こんげつを限かぎりに、この路線ろせんバスは廃止はいしされる。

   This bus route will be discontinued at the end of this month.

When to use it

Means "with A as the last time" and marks the point where something that continued until now comes to an end. Example: 今日きょうを限かぎりに、お酒さけをやめる (today is my last day of drinking). Used for quitting habits, retirement, ending services and closing businesses. The idiom 声こえを限かぎりに means "at the top of one's voice."

Nuance

Formal and somewhat emotional; it suggests a firm decision or a final farewell. The noun is usually a time word (今日きょう, 今月こんげつ, 今こんシーズン, 今回こんかい). The second clause is about ending, quitting or stopping, not about starting something.

Compare

をもって is broader and neutral in feeling, for official start or end points and for means: 本日ほんじつをもって終了しゅうりょう. を限かぎりに emphasizes "the last time ever." で (今日きょうで終おわり) is the everyday version. を境さかいに marks a change between before and after, not an end.

Tip: Think of 限かぎり as a limit or border. Today is the limit, and after it the thing stops.