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First opened Friday, June 4, 2021

限定

げんてい

  • flat (heiban)

How to read it: a line over a kana means the voice is high there, and ↓ marks where it drops. A kana with no line is low. With no ↓ the pitch stays high to the end and does not drop even on a following particle (が, は).

limit, restriction

JLPT N1Commonnoun (common) (futsuumeishi)noun or participle which takes the aux. verb surutransitive verbnouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'漢語 · Sino-Japanese

Taken apart

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Written with 限定

In a sentence

  • 切符(きっぷ)の数(かず)は限定(げんてい)されていた。

    The number of tickets was limited.

    Tatoeba #142102, translation #272468

  • 新(あたら)しいお客様(きゃくさま)に限(かぎ)った期間(きかん)限定(げんてい)奉仕(ほうし)です。

    This is a limited time offer to new customers only.

    Tatoeba #145500, translation #269063

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What Wiktionary says

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What the labels mean

漢語 Sino-Japanese
Words built from Chinese-derived morphemes — borrowed from Chinese or coined in Japan out of Chinese parts — read with on'yomi.

Also opened on June 4

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