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とは限らない: “○○ is not always true”

adept #143
~ 5 Minutes

Introduction

I hope you weren't expecting any humor or grammar wisdom in this lesson. It's going to be really, really serious.

Because, after all...

～とは限かぎらない: Nothing in life is guaranteed...

Except for maple syrup being delicious on pancakes! That is guaranteed.

構成こうせい

  • b

    Casual form verb/い-adjectiveとは限かぎらない

  • b

    Noun/な-adjective(だ)とは限かぎらない

    Example:
    → 悪わるいことだとは限かぎらない。
    "It's not necessarily something bad.”

The ～とは限かぎらない (lit. "X is not limited to...") pattern is all about saying that things are "not necessarily X", or that "X is not always true", and sometimes that "there's no guarantee that X".

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Homework (Grammar SRS)

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〜とは限らない（とはかぎらない） Not necessarily so/is not always true
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