最小|さいしょうsaishou[0]heiban (flat)

1. no-adjectivesmallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal
   第だい二にが周辺しゅうへん環境かんきょうとの親和性しんわせいであり、最小さいしょうの廃棄物はいきぶつ、自然しぜんエネルギーの利用りよう等とう、周辺しゅうへんの生態せいたいと調和ちょうわした住空間じゅうくうかんを形成けいせいすることである。↗

   The second is the affinity with environment. By utilizing natural energy and reducing wastes, we have to make houses which harmonize with ecology.

• Synonym最少さいしょうNeutralFewest in number, as in 「最少人数」 for headcounts. 「最小」 centres on size or degree, though it also covers minimal amounts like 「最小の費用」.
• Synonym最小限さいしょうげんNeutralThe limit pressed down as far as possible, as in 「被害を最小限に」. 「最小」 simply describes the state of being smallest.
• SynonymミニマムCasualColloquial loanword for the minimum or lowest limit. 「最小」 is a Sino-Japanese word.
• Synonym最低さいていNeutralLowest, or the worst — 「最低気温」 for temperature, 「最低な人」 for a terrible person. 「最小」 covers smallest in size or degree and is never derogatory.
• Related下限かげんNeutralThe lower limit of a range of values. 「最小」 is the smallest thing itself rather than a boundary.
• Related極小きょくしょうWrittenWritten/formal prose for something extremely tiny, or a local minimum in mathematics. 「最小」 is the smallest by comparison.
• Related最低限さいていげんNeutralThe bare minimum, as in 「最低限のマナー」 or 「最低限に抑える」. 「最小」 only states that something is smallest.
• Related最小限度さいしょうげんどWrittenWritten/formal prose for the minimum limit. 「最小」 is the more concise choice.
• Related最小値さいしょうちNeutralThe smallest value in a set of numbers; used in maths, measurement and statistics. 「最小」 describes being smallest, not a specific value.
• Related最低限度さいていげんどNeutralThe lowest level that cannot be reduced any further, as in 「最低限度の生活」. 「最小」 just means smallest and carries no sense of a bottom line.
• Related最下限WrittenWritten/formal prose for stating the lowest limit outright. 「最小」 is the general word for smallest in size or degree.
• Antonym最大さいだいNeutralThe biggest or greatest; the direct opposite of 「最小」.

Use 「最小」 for smallest in size or degree, as in 「世界最小」 and 「最小の費用」. For a specific numerical value say 「最小値」; to keep something as low as possible, 「最小限」; for the bare minimum, 「最低限」; for the smallest number or amount, 「最少」. 「最大」 is the opposite.

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1. 最もっとも小ちいさいこと。副詞ふくし的てきにも用もちいられる。