精一杯せいいっぱい (seiippai)

with all one's might

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Meaning

精一杯 (せいいっぱい, seiippai) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “with all one's might”.

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Example sentences 12

精一杯せいいっぱい 頑張がんばりました

I did my utmost.

自分のことで精一杯で、人のことなど考えるどころではない。

I'm so busy with my own things that I simply can't think of other people's matters (right now).

彼女はものを言わないことで私へ 精一杯せいいっぱい抵抗ていこうを示しているのです。

She is demonstrating her utmost resistance to me by not talking.

選手たちはみんなそれなりに精一杯やっている。ただ結果が出ないだけだ。

All the players are giving it their best in their own way. We just haven't had the (expected) result.