Vocabulary

What does せいぜい (seizei) mean?

せいぜい means at most, at best.

Quick facts
Reading	せいぜい
Romaji	seizei
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)	N3

せいぜいせいぜい

N3 · estimated, JLPT frameworkseizei

at most, at best

Example sentences

待(ま)ってもせいぜい三十分(さんじゅっぷん)です。
Even if you wait, it's thirty minutes at most.
集(あつ)まるのはせいぜい十人(じゅうにん)ぐらいでしょう。
At most, probably only about ten people will gather.