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Grammar detail: を限りに(をかぎりに)

を限りに(をかぎりに)
will stop at ~; at the top of one's voice
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specific time expression
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を
か
限
りに
means
~ will stop; will be the last time that ~
When を限りに is preceded with a term that indicates a specific time (such as 今月, 明日, 来月, etc), the expression indicates that whatever follows を限りに will stop, or someone will no longer do something, at the specified time.
おな
同
じ
ころ
頃
、
じむいん
事務員
・
ありむら
有村
なつえ
夏恵
は、
こんげつ
今月
を
かぎ
限
り
に
たいしょく
退職
する
むね
旨
を
ごきじょう
五鬼上
に
もう
申
し
い
入
れた
。
At the same time, the clerk Natsue Arimura told Gokijo of her intent to resign after this month.
かんが
考
えた
んだけど、やっぱりこういうのはよくないから、
きょう
今日
を
かぎ
限
り
に
わか
別
れよ
う。
I've thought about it, and what we're doing is just not right, so let's break up after today.
#####声を限りに - A Set Expression
こえ
声
+
を
か
限
りに
means
at the top of one's voice or lungs
かのじょ
彼女
は
こえ
声
を
かぎ
限
り
に
さけ
叫
んだ
。
She shouted at the top of her voice.
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Kanji used in this grammar

限
ゲン   かぎる to limit, restrict   
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今
コン   キン   いま now   
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月
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
明
メイ   ミョウ   あかり light   あかるい bright   あかるむ to brighten   あからむ to become luminous (at dawn)   あきらか obvious   あかす to lay bare   あく to open   あける to empty   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
来
ライ   くる to come   きたる to be forthcoming   きたす to induce   
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声
セイ   ショウ   こえ voice   こわ- voice   
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同
ドウ   おなじ same   
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頃
ころ time   
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事
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
務
ム   つとめる to work   つとまる to be fit for   
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員
イン    employee   
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・
なかぐろ middle dot   
有
ユウ   ウ   ある to possess; to exist   
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村
ソン   むら village   
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夏
カ   ゲ   なつ summer   
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恵
ケイ   エ   めぐむ to bless, to bestow a favor   
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退
タイ   しりぞく to retreat, back off   しりぞける to repel   
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職
ショク    job, employment, post, occupation   
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旨
シ   むね content; purport   
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五
ゴ   いつ-    いつつ five   
鬼
キ   おに ogre   
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上
ジョウ   ショウ   うえ above   うわ- above   あげる to raise   あがる to rise   かみ first half, upper part   のぼる to climb   のぼせる to bring up, to raise   のぼす to bring up   
申
シン   もうす to say   
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入
ニュウ   いる to enter   はいる to enter   いれる to put in   
考
コウ   かんがえる to think about, consider   
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別
ベツ   separated   わかれる to be separated   
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彼
ヒ   かれ he   
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女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
叫
キョウ   さけぶ to scream, to cry out   
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