を限りに【をかぎりに】

as of, after today, for the last time, from now on, ending with

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Structure

[noun] + を限りに、[sentence] [noun] + を限りとして、[sentence]

Description

を限りに goes after a time word or an occasion and makes it the last one: "as of today", "after this time, no more". What follows is something that stops – a habit you quit, a shop that closes, a job you leave. It is formal and firm, the language of announcements and resolutions.

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As of today, I'm giving up smoking.

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This store will close at the end of this month.

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I will retire from competition after this match.

The noun is a point in time: きょう今日, ほんじつ本日, こんかい今回, こんげつまつ今月末, こんねんど今年度. The day itself is included; it is the last day, not the first day of the change.

を限りに, を最後に and をもって

marks the last time something happened, often looking back: after that letter, nothing more came. を限りに looks forward and announces a decision to stop. is the fixed phrase of official notices, and it marks any cut-off point, not only an ending.

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I haven't heard from him since that letter.

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As of today, I will step down as chairman.

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We close for good as of today.

In こえをかぎりに声を限りに, "as loud as your voice will go", 限り keeps its older meaning of "limit". It goes before a verb of shouting or calling, and has nothing to do with an ending.

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She shouted her child's name at the top of her voice.

Examples

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I've decided to quit smoking as of today.

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After this time, I will never gamble again.

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This service will be terminated as of the end of this month.

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As of today, I will resign from the position of department head.

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He left the company as of yesterday.

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This system will be abolished as of this fiscal year.

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I've decided that as of today, I will have nothing to do with that person.

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I will retire from my athletic career after this match.

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This building will close after next week.

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I've decided to break up with her as of today.

References

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