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せいぜい

usually written using kana aloneadverb

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Meanings

  • at the most, at best
  • to the utmost, as much as possible, as much as one can

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Example sentences

この仕事しごと精々せいぜい3時間じかんわるだろう。

This work will finish in at most 3 hours.

かれ給料きゅうりょう精々せいぜい20万円まんえんくらいだとおもう。

I think his salary is at most around 200,000 yen.

精々せいぜい努力どりょくするから、ていてください。

I will do my best as much as I can, so please watch over me.

そのバッグにはいるのは精々せいぜい5さつまでだよ。

That bag can hold at most 5 books.

からだをつけて、精々せいぜい長生ながいきしてほしいものだ。

Please take care of yourself and live as long as you possibly can.