上限(じょうげん)

上限(じょうげん) refers to the highest permissible level — the maximum or ceiling for a quantity, price, or other measurable value.

Common collocations

• 上限(じょうげん)を設(もう)ける: to set an upper limit
• 上限(じょうげん)を超(こ)える: to exceed the upper limit
• 上限(じょうげん)を引(ひ)き上(あ)げる: to raise the upper limit
• 上限(じょうげん)額(がく): maximum amount
• 上限(じょうげん)なし: no upper limit, unlimited

Similar words

• 下限(かげん): lower limit, minimum (opposite)
• 限度(げんど): limit, bounds (more general)
• 最大(さいだい): maximum (absolute, not a set limit)

Usage

Very common in business, finance, and administrative contexts: 利用(りよう)上限(じょうげん)額(がく) (credit limit), 速度(そくど)上限(じょうげん) (speed limit), 年齢(ねんれい)上限(じょうげん) (age limit).