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期限 (きげん, kigen) Japanese meaning: term | Kotomora
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月がつ
まで
です
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The term of this contract is until March next year.
My passport's validity period is about to expire.
Usage patterns 期き 限げん 内ない に 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something within the deadline
Please submit the report within the deadline.
期き 限げん までに 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something by the deadline
Please return it by the deadline.
期き 限げん を 守まも る to meet/observe a deadline
I submitted the report by keeping to the deadline.
期き 限げん を 過す ぎる to pass the deadline
I missed the payment deadline.
期き 限げん を 設もう ける to set a deadline
The company set a deadline for applications.
〈 物もの 〉 の 期き 限げん が 来く る the term for something arrives (i.e., it expires)
The term of the contract has arrived.
Expressions 期き 限げん が 切き れる expire; pass a deadline; pass an expiration date Kanji 限 limit, restrict, to best of ability Related words· 8 締切 is a concrete cutoff point for submissions or applications, while 期限 can refer to both a deadline and a broader validity period.
期間 is a general span of time (e.g., 夏休み期間), whereas 期限 often implies a limit or expiration point.
期日 names a specific fixed date by which something must happen, while 期限 focuses on the limit or span of allowed time.
期限 is a general term for a deadline or time limit, while 満期 specifically refers to the end of a predetermined term, often with a sense of completion or maturity.
Show 4 more 必着 specifically marks the date by which something must arrive, while 期限 is the general word for a deadline or time limit of any kind.
期限 is a general term for any deadline or time limit, while 有効期限 specifically means the date until which something (like a card or coupon) remains valid.
期限 is a broad term for any time limit or expiration date, whereas 納期 is used specifically for delivery or payment deadlines in business.
Don't confuse with 期限 names the deadline or cutoff date itself, whereas 期間 names the whole stretch of time leading up to it, so the two are easily mixed up despite sharing the kanji 期.
期限 sounds identical to 起源 but means a deadline or time limit, not an origin.
期限 (deadline; time limit) is a homophone of 機嫌 (mood) with completely different kanji and meaning.
Word family· 14 expired; past the deadline; overdue
indefinite; without a fixed term
expiration date; validity period
Etymology Compound of 期 (period, time) and 限 (limit, boundary). The meaning 'time limit' or 'deadline' is transparent from its components.
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限げん
期限 means 'deadline' or 'expiration date', focusing on the end point, whereas 時限 refers more broadly to a bounded time period or limit.
賞しょう 味み 期き 限げん
N2
best-before date; use-by date; expiry date
tax payment deadline; due date for tax
Show 6 more target date; deadline; due date
expiry date; use-by date
submission deadline; due date for submission
with a deadline; with a fixed time limit
expiry date; use-by date
payment deadline; due date for payment
