精々
N3せいぜい seizei
- at the most
- at best
- to the utmost
- as much (far) as possible
adverb
Chinese meanings
最多;尽量
Examples
- 狭い部屋をせいぜい広く使った。I made the best of my small room.尽可能充分地利用了狭小的房间。
- 桜の花は数日、せいぜい一週間しか持たない。Cherry blossoms last only for a few days, a week at the most.樱花只能维持几天,最多一周。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('df6d75a59e'); // 精々
{
"id": "df6d75a59e",
"word": "精々",
"reading": "せいぜい",
"romaji": "seizei",
"meanings": [
"at the most",
"at best",
"to the utmost",
"as much (far) as possible"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"adv"
],
"jmdict_id": 1596050,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "狭い部屋をせいぜい広く使った。",
"furigana": "{狭|せま}い{部屋|へや}をせいぜい{広|ひろ}く{使|つか}った。",
"en": "I made the best of my small room.",
"tatoeba_id": 180098
},
{
"ja": "桜の花は数日、せいぜい一週間しか持たない。",
"furigana": "{桜|さくら}の{花|はな}は{数日|すうじつ}、せいぜい{一週間|いっしゅうかん}しか{持|も}たない。",
"en": "Cherry blossoms last only for a few days, a week at the most.",
"tatoeba_id": 169577
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "5f658b9ff86040e16133c2532b439fa6e2267aa3f2f98bcb04f3e2fee224a4eb",
"meanings": [
"最多",
"尽量"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "狭い部屋をせいぜい広く使った。",
"zh": "尽可能充分地利用了狭小的房间。"
},
{
"ja": "桜の花は数日、せいぜい一週間しか持たない。",
"zh": "樱花只能维持几天,最多一周。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/df6d75a59e",
"JMdict ent_seq 1596050; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "dfd6d03003a84b8cf06b51b1d9e967a82797c83d6d46f1aa7c7cbffb16e13eba",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}