Illustration: In a Japanese apartment hallway, a resident has propped a spring-loaded door open just enough for the household cat to pass. Only one small wooden wedge remains beneath the door; several unnecessary blocks have been removed and sit in a pile beside their knee.

JLPT N2no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

最さい小しょう限げん

saishougen

minimum, minimal

Example sentences

  1. 被害ひがいは最小限さいしょうげんに食くい止とめられた。

    The damage was held to a minimum.

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  2. コストを最小限さいしょうげんに抑おさえなければいけません。

    We have to reduce the cost to a minimum.

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  3. 我々われわれは原価げんかを最小限さいしょうげんに下さげないといけない。

    We have to reduce the cost to a minimum.

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Kanji in 最小限

  • 最utmost; mostOnサイ・シュKunもっとも・つま
  • 小little; smallOnショウKunちいさい・こ-・お-
  • 限limit; restrictOnゲンKunかぎる・かぎり

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