さいしょうげん
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. minimum; lowest; minimal; least
Dissatisfaction is probably minimal.
2. at a minimum
This job needs three people at a minimum.
Pitch accent
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うげん
Composed of
smallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal
counter for (school) periods; nth period
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
minimum necessary; bare minimum; minimal requirement
Examples (12 in total)
The impact was minimal.
Dissatisfaction is probably minimal.
The damage was held to a minimum.
I want to keep our own losses to a minimum.
Even the minimum necessary conversation was not permitted to me.
I wonder how much money you need at a minimum to live.
This job needs three people at a minimum.
We have to reduce the cost to a minimum.
I only take what I need at a minimum on a trip.
Some plants grow well with a minimum of care.
For both of us, this is the best way to keep the damage to a minimum, right?
If it bothered them, they'd do it more half-heartedly and just make do with the bare minimum.