最低 (saitei)
最低 (さいてい, saitei) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “least; lowest”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- さいてい
- Romaji
- saitei
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- least; lowest; minimum · noun taking の, な-adjective, noun
- worst · noun taking の, な-adjective
- awful; horrible; nasty; disgusting · noun taking の, な-adjective
- at the very least · adverb
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 最低
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 最低だ | さいていだ saiteida |
| Present (polite) | 最低です | さいていです saiteidesu |
| Negative | 最低じゃない | さいていじゃない saiteijanai |
| Past | 最低だった | さいていだった saiteidatta |
| Negative past | 最低じゃなかった | さいていじゃなかった saiteijanakatta |
| Te-form | 最低で | さいていで saiteide |
| Before a noun | 最低な | さいていな saiteina |
| Adverb (~ni) | 最低に | さいていに saiteini |
Kanji in 最低
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 最低.
最近さいきんrecently最ももっともmost最後さいごend最初さいしょbeginning最高さいこうbest最終さいしゅうlast最中さいちゅう(in) the middle of最さいthe most最善さいぜんthe very best最中さなか(in) the middle of低いひくいlow (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.)低下ていかfall低ていlow (level, value, price, etc.)
Source: JMdict entry 1294220 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.