せいぜい (seizei)

at the most,at best,to the utmost,as much (far) as possible

  • JLPT N3
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Meaning

精々 (せいぜい, seizei) is a JLPT N3 vocabulary word meaning “at the most,at best,to the utmost,as much (far) as possible”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 11

どんなに 頑張がんばっても、せいぜい3 位いくらいにしかなれないだろうな。

No matter how hard I try, I can probably get third place at best.

彼かれはせいぜい18 歳さいだ。

He is not more than eighteen.

彼女かのじょはせいぜい18 歳さいだ。

She is eighteen at most.

村むらまでせいぜい2マイルだ。

It is not more than two miles to the village.