JLPT N3 · な-adjective

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

  1. least; lowest; minimum · noun taking の, な-adjective, noun
  2. worst · noun taking の, な-adjective
  3. awful; horrible; nasty; disgusting · noun taking の, な-adjective
  4. at the very least · adverb

Example sentences

私は最低2マイルは歩ける。
I can walk at least two miles.
こんな最低の目にあったことはないわ!
This is the worst thing that has ever happened to me!
あの映画、最低!
That movie stinks!

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.

FormJapaneseReading
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.

Source: JMdict entry 1294220 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.