expression, noun-modifying (irregular)
finite; limited; restricted
Prenominal phrase meaning that something has a limit or is not unlimited. Often used with nouns like 資源, 時間, 命, チャンス.
時間は限りある資源です。
Time is a finite resource.
限りある命を大切に生きたい。
I want to live cherishing this limited life.
限りない means 'unlimited' or 'boundless', the opposite of 限りある.
有限 is a more formal, Sino-Japanese term for 'finite' or 'limited', often used in technical contexts.
Phrase composed of the noun 限り (limit) + ある (to exist, to have), literally 'there is a limit'.