GRAMMAR DETAIL
〜を上限に
Specifies the highest permitted quantity or amount and limits anything beyond it.
Examples
本の貸し出しは一人五冊を上限としている。
Book loans are limited to a maximum of five books per person.
Words used
参加者は五十人を上限に募集する。
We will accept up to fifty participants.
Words used
Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure: Attach
を上限にto a quantity or amount to set the permitted maximum.上限is readじょうげん. - Basic usage:
参加者は五十人を上限に募集する。means recruiting no more than fifty participants.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Inclusion of the limit
五十人を上限にallows fifty people, while fifty-one exceeds the limit. It differs from五十人を目標に, which sets fifty as the number to aim for.
- Forms within a sentence
五冊を上限としているstates that a five-book maximum is in force.五十人を上限に募集するintroduces the limit applying to the act of recruitment.