Japanese Jouyou-kanji “最” means “Prime”, “Conspicuous” or “Extremely” etc.
Words |
Meanings |
最愛(さいあい-sa i a i) |
Dearest, Beloved |
最悪(さいあく-sa i a ku) |
Worst, Horrible, Terrible |
最下位(さいかい-sa i ka i) |
Bottom, Least, Lowest, Undermost |
最強(さいきょう-sa i kyo u) |
Strongest, Most powerful, Mightiest |
最近(さいきん-sa i ki n) |
Recently, Lately, Nowadays |
最恵国(さいけいこく-sa i ke i ko ku) |
Most‐favored nation, MFN |
最恵国待遇(さいけいこくたいぐう-sa i ke i ko ku ta i gu u) |
Most favored nation treatment |
最敬礼(さいけいれい-sa i ke i re i) |
Make a deep bow, Respectful bow |
最古(さいこ-sa i ko) |
The oldest, The earliest |
最後(さいご-sa i go) |
End, Conclusion, Last, Final, Latest |
最後通牒(さいごつうちょう-sa i go tsu u cho u) |
Ultimatum |
最期(さいご-sa i go) |
One’s last moment, One’s death |
最高(さいこう-sa i ko u) |
Highest, Best, Maximum, Supreme,Top, Ultimate, Awesome, Superb |
最高学府(さいこうがくふ-sa i ko u ga ku fu) |
The highest seat of learning, The top educational institution |
最高潮(さいこうちょう-sa i ko u cho u) |
Climax, Peak, Zenith, Apex |
最高峰(さいこうほう-sa i ko u ho u) |
① Highest peak, Highest mountain, ② Greatest authority, Most prominent person, Pinnacle (e.g. of art) |
最終(さいしゅう-sa i shu u) |
Last, Final, Closing, End |
最初(さいしょ-sa i sho) |
Beginning, Outse, First, Onset |
最小(さいしょう-sa i sho u) |
The smallest (in size, degree, etc), Least, Minimum, Minimal |
最小限(さいしょうげん-sa i sho u ge n) |
Minimum, Lower limit, At a minimum |
最小公倍数(さいしょうこうばいすう-sa i sho u ko u ba i su u) |
Least common multiple, Lowest common multiple |
最少(さいしょう-sa i sho u) |
Fewest, Least, Smallest (number), Lowest, Minimum |
最上(さいじょう-sa i jo u) |
The best, The greatest, Uppermost |
最深(さいしん-sa i shi n) |
Deepest |
最新(さいしん-sa i shi n) |
Newest, Latest, Most up‐to‐date |
最盛期(さいせいき-sa i se i ki) |
① Golden age, Prime, Heyday, Height of prosperity, ② Season (for fruit, vegetables, etc), Best time |
最前(さいぜん-sa i ze n) |
① Frontmost, ② A little while ago, Just now |
最前線(さいぜんせん-sa i ze n se n) |
Frontier, Forefront, Front line, Battlefront |
最善(さいぜん-sa i ze n) |
Best |
最多(さい-sa i ta) |
Most (numerous), Largest (number of) |
最大(さいだい-sa i da i) |
Biggest, Greatest, Largest, Maximum |
最大限(さいだいげん-sa i da i ge n) |
Maximum, Utmost, To the maximum degree, To the full, At a maximum, At the most |
最大公約数(さいだいこうやくすう-sa i da i ko u ya ku su u) |
Greatest common divisor, GCD, Greatest common measure |
最短(さいたん-sa i ta n) |
Shortest |
最中(さいちゅう-sa i chu u) |
In the middle of, In the midst of, During |
最長(さいちょう-sa i cho u) |
Longest |
最低(さいてい-sa i te i) |
① Lowest, Least, Minimum, ② Worst, ③ Awful, Horrible, Nast, Disgusting |
最適(さいてき-sa i te ki) |
Most suitable, Best suited, Ideal |
最果て(さいはて-sa i ha te) |
The farthest, The remotest, The furthest ends |
最良(さいりょう-sa i ryo u) |
The best |
最早(もはや-mo ha ya) |
① Already, Now, ② No longe, Not any more |
最寄り(もより-mo yo ri) |
Nearest, Closest, Neighboring, Nearby |
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