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限局 (げんきょく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
restriction ; localization
Used especially in medical or technical contexts for something being limited to a specific area or part, such as a disease or phenomenon. Often appears as 限局する or 限局した.
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Inflammation may be restricted to one area.
Kanji 限 limit, restrict, to best of ability Similar words 限げん 定てい 限定 is a more common word for 'limitation' or 'restriction' in everyday contexts, while 限局 is mainly technical/medical for spatial or anatomical localization.
局きょく 所しょ 局所 means 'local' or 'localized area' and is often used in similar medical contexts, but 限局 emphasizes the action or state of being restricted to that area.
Etymology Compound of 限 (limit, restrict) and 局 (bureau, situation, part). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination conveys 'limited to a part'.