〜に限って（にかぎって）

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～に限かぎって attaches to nouns and can be separated into three main usage categories:

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  ① "X of all Y", where ～に限かぎって marks the particular circumstance where X negative thing occurs.

E.g. ハイキングの日ひに限かぎって雨あめが降ふる。 "Of course it rains on the day we go hiking."

E.g. メイクが上手うまくいった日ひに限かぎって誰だれにも会あわないって、残念ざんねんすぎる。 "It's so sad that I'm not going to meet anyone today, on the one day my makeup turned out well."

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  ② "Only people who...", where ～に限かぎって is used to make generalized statements about certain types of people.

E.g. お金かねがないって言いっている人ひとに限かぎって、高たかい買かい物ものをよくしている気きがする。 "I feel like it's the very people who say they have no money that often buy expensive things."

E.g. 「約束やくそくする」って言いう人ひとに限かぎって約束やくそくを守まもらない人ひとが多おおい気きがする。 "It feels like the very people who say “I promise” are often the ones who don’t keep their promises."

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  ③ "There is no way that X in particular would...", where ～に限かぎって marks the particular person/thing that they believe to be a certain way.

E.g. うちの子こに限かぎって、そんな変へんなことを言いうはずがありません。 "There is no way that my child (in particular), would ever say such a strange thing."

E.g. あのチームに限かぎって初戦しょせん敗退はいたいなんてあり得えない。 "There's no way that that team would lose in the first round."

The ～に限かぎって pattern is most commonly used in spoken casual or spoken polite scenarios.

Summary

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  ～に限かぎって attaches to nouns and has three main usages (see above)

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  The ～に限かぎって pattern is most commonly used in spoken casual or spoken polite scenarios