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”.

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Example sentences 12

どんなに 頑張がんばっても、せいぜい3 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.

A: 辻村つじむらさんが手伝ってくれるそうですよ。B: でも、手伝ってくれると言っても精々二、三時間でしょう。

A: I heard that Mr. Tsujimura will help us. B: But, even though he says that he will help us, it will probably be for a couple of hours at most.

かれはせいぜい18 さいだ。

He is not more than eighteen.

彼女かのじょはせいぜい18 さいだ。

She is eighteen at most.