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期限が切れる (きげんがきれる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

期き限げんが切きれる

Meanings

1

expression, ichidan verb

expire; pass a deadline; pass an expiration date

Used for time limits, deadlines, and expiration dates. The subject is the deadline itself (期限が).

See also: 期限切れ · 切れる

このクーポンはもう期き限げんが切きれている。
This coupon has already expired.

ビザの期き限げんが切きれる前まえに更こう新しんしなければならない。

I must renew my visa before it expires.

Kanji

期period, time, date
限limit, restrict, to best of ability
切cut, cutoff, be sharp

Similar words

期き限げん切ぎれ
期限切れ is a noun meaning 'expiration' or 'being expired', while 期限が切れる is the verb phrase 'to expire'.
切きれる
切れる has many meanings including 'to be cut', 'to run out', and 'to expire'. 期限が切れる uses the 'expire' sense.

Etymology

Compound of 期限 (deadline) + が (subject marker) + 切れる (to expire, literally 'to be cut off'). The verb 切れる here metaphorically extends the idea of something being severed to the ending of a time period.