局きょく限げん

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局限する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

limit; restrict; localize

Used for deliberately narrowing the scope, range, or area of something, often in formal or technical contexts. The する form is transitive.

〈事こと〉を〈場ば所しょ〉に局きょく限げんするto confine/restrict something to a particular area or scope
研けん究きゅうの対たい象しょうをこの地ち域いきに局きょく限げんする。
We are restricting the subject of the research to this region.
〈事こと〉が〈場ば所しょ〉に局きょく限げんされるfor something to be confined/limited to a particular area or scope
被ひ害がいは一いち部ぶの地ち域いきに局きょく限げんされた。
The damage was localized to a limited area.

制せい限げんN3
制限 is the common, general word for a limit or restriction, while 局限 is a formal term for deliberately narrowing something down to a specific scope or area.
限げん定ていN1
限定 means to limit or restrict in a general sense (often for products or conditions), whereas 局限 specifically emphasizes confining something to one particular domain.

拡かく大だいN3
拡大 means to expand or broaden, the opposite of 局限, which means to narrow something down to a limited scope.

極きょく限げんN1
極限 (same reading きょくげん) means an extreme limit or ultimate point, while 局限 means to confine or restrict something to a specific scope; the two are easily mixed up in writing.

Compound of 局 (limited area, bureau) and 限 (limit, boundary). The combination conveys the idea of restricting something to a specific scope.