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最 kanji
utmost, most, extreme
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
サイシュ
Kun readings
もっともつま
Variant forms
冣Words with 最
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —最下部lowest part; bottom (or footer) of a page, computer screen, on-screen window, etc.
- —最安値all-time low (price, in trading); record low; new low; lowest price (e.g. in shops)
- —最高値all-time high (price, in trading); record high; new high
- —最後屁stink bomb; foul odour emitted from the anal sacs of a frightened weasel; final desperate tactic
- —最遠点apocenter
- —最深部deepest part; deepest portion; depths (of the ocean etc.); innermost
- —最高齢oldest; most advanced age
- —最終戦final game; final games; the finals
- —最終便last flight; last bus; last train
- —最尤法maximum-likelihood estimation; maximum likelihood method
- —最新作latest work (e.g. book, film); newest work; most recent work
- —最近親nearest kin; nearest of blood; next of kin; nearest relative
- —最徐行going at a very slow speed
- —最優良very best quality; superior quality
- —最優等highest honours; highest distinction; summa cum laude
- —最悪時at the worst time; at worst; at the worst level
- —最貧国least developed country; poorest country
- —最南端southernmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)
- —最西端westernmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)
- —最下段bottom step; bottom stair; last line; last column; bottom row (e.g. drawers)