最低限|さいていげんsaiteigen[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. no-adjectiveminimum
   多おおくの会社かいしゃが人員じんいんを最低限さいていげんにまで縮小しゅくしょうした。↗

   A lot of companies have pared their staff down to a minimum.
2. noun, adverbat the very least

• Synonym最小限度さいしょうげんどWrittenWritten style: matches 「最小限」, stressing the limit you try to keep down; 「最低限」 stresses the bottom line you must reach.
• SynonymミニマムCasualColloquial loanword for a minimum, as in 「ミニマムな生活」; 「最低限」 is more widely usable.
• Synonym最小限さいしょうげんNeutralThe limit kept as small as possible, as in 「被害を最小限に」; 「最低限」 leans toward the bottom line that must be met.
• Synonym最低さいていNeutralLowest or worst; also used adverbially as 「最低でも」; 「最低限」 leans toward bottom-line requirements.
• Synonym最低限度さいていげんどWrittenWritten style: synonymous with 「最低限」 but fuller and more formal, as in 「最低限度の生活」.
• Related最少さいしょうNeutralRefers to the fewest in number; 「最低限」 leans toward the lower limit that must be reached.
• Related最小さいしょうNeutralRefers to the smallest in size or scale; 「最低限」 leans toward the minimum required under given conditions.
• Related下限かげんWrittenWritten style: the lower limit of a value or of a period in time; 「最低限」 is the lowest level that must be guaranteed.
• Related極小きょくしょうWrittenWritten style: extremely tiny, or a local minimum in mathematics; 「最低限」 is a lower limit.
• Related最小値さいしょうちNeutralA math term for the smallest value in a set of numbers; 「最低限」 is the lowest limit that cannot be lowered, often for requirements or conditions.
• Antonym最大限さいだいげんNeutralAntonym: the maximum, or doing something to the fullest extent.
• Antonym最高限さいこうげんNeutralAntonym: the highest point a price or quantity can reach.

Default: 「最低限」 for the bottom line that must be guaranteed, as in 「最低限のマナー」. Use 「最小限」 to keep something as low as possible, 「最小値」 for the smallest value in a set, and 「下限」 for a lower limit; the opposite is 「最大限」.

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1. それ以下いかにはすることができない最低さいていの限度げんど。