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JLPT N1adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

所しょ詮せん

shosen

after all, in the end

Often implies that the result is limited or disappointing. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 時間じかんはあなたの好すきなように過すごせばいい。所詮しょせん、あなたの時間じかんなのだから。

    You can spend your time in any way you want; it’s your time, after all.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. しかし、大友宗麟おおともそうりんにとって輝弘てるひろは所詮しょせん毛利氏もうりしの後方撹乱用こうほうかくらんようの捨すて駒こまに過すぎなかった。

    However, from the viewpoint of Sorin OTOMO, Teruhiro was nothing more than a sacrificed piece for a backward attack on the Mori clan after all.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 義輝側よしてるがわは事前じぜんに館かんを修築しゅうちくするなど、三好勢みよしぜいの襲撃しゅうげきに備そなえていたが、所詮しょせん多勢たぜいに無勢ぶぜいであった。

    Yoshiteru and his aides had prepared against the Miyoshi troops' raid by repairing the palace building in advance, but were overwhelmed by superior numbers.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 所詮

  • 所place; extentOnショKunところ・どころ・とこ
  • 詮discussion; methods called forOnセンKunせんずる・かい・あきらか

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