最小限度|さいしょうげんどsaishougendo

1. nounminimum
   最小限度さいしょうげんどの世話せわで、立派りっぱに育そだつ植物しょくぶつもある。↗

   Some plants grow well with a minimum of care.

• Synonym最小限さいしょうげんNeutralShortened form of 「最小限度」 and the more common of the two, as in 「被害を最小限に抑える」.
• Synonym最低限さいていげんNeutralShortened form of 「最低限度」, often in 「最低限のマナー」; stresses the bare minimum required rather than small quantity.
• SynonymミニマムCasualColloquial loanword for the minimum or lowest value; used mostly in business and design.
• Related下限かげんWrittenWritten/formal prose term for the lower limit of a range, the counterpart of 「上限」; 「最小限度」 stresses that it cannot be reduced any further.
• Related最低限度さいていげんどNeutralThe lowest degree possible or allowable, stressing how low it is; 「最小限度」 stresses keeping the amount small.
• Related最下限WrittenWritten/formal prose word for the lowest limit; used far less often than 「最小限度」.
• Antonym最大限度さいだいげんどNeutralThe maximum degree or amount; the direct opposite of 「最小限度」.

Use 「最小限」/「最小限度」 when cutting something to the smallest amount, as in 「被害を最小限に抑える」; use 「最低限」 for bare-minimum requirements like 「最低限のマナー」. For a numerical lower bound say 「下限」; for the opposite, the maximum, say 「最大限度」.

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1. これ以上いじょう減へらせない、最もっとも少すくない程度ていど。