Illustration: At a Japanese kitchen table, a child tries to pack steamed buns into a very small lunch box. Two buns already fill the base completely, and the lid can just close over them. The child holds a third bun above the box while a parent gently demonstrates the lid’s remaining clearance with two fingers.

せいぜい

seizei

at most, at best

Example sentences

旅費りょひはせいぜい千せんドルだろう。
The trip will cost $1000 at the outside.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
桜さくらの花はなは数日すうにち、せいぜい一週間いちしゅうかんしか持もたない。
Cherry blossoms last only for a few days, a week at the most.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
彼かれはせいぜい１８歳さいだ。
He is not more than eighteen.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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