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限界

げんかい

boundary, limit

Mnemonic

The point where the world stops going your way and you stop with it. The same 限 that is cagey about weekends, and a kai かい of a wall. Her patience got there about an hour ago: げんかい.

Built from

limit
阝 a hill on the left. The point at which the ground stops going your way and you stop with it.
boundary, world
田 field + 介 come between

Words sharing these kanji

to be limited to world

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