"精一杯" meaning in Japanese

See 精一杯 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: [se̞ːip̚pa̠i] Forms: 精一杯 [canonical] (ruby: 精(せい), 一(いっ), 杯(ぱい)), seiippai [romanization], 精いっぱい [alternative, kanji]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|せい.いっぱい}} 精(せい)一(いっ)杯(ぱい) • (seiippai)
  1. with one's best effort
    Sense id: en-精一杯-ja-adv-5pn75gvo Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms read with on'yomi, Japanese terms with 3 kanji, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with on'yomi: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 57 43 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53

Noun

IPA: [se̞ːip̚pa̠i] Forms: 精一杯 [canonical] (ruby: 精(せい), 一(いっ), 杯(ぱい)), seiippai [romanization], 精いっぱい [alternative, kanji]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|せい.いっぱい}} 精(せい)一(いっ)杯(ぱい) • (seiippai)
  1. one's best effort
    Sense id: en-精一杯-ja-noun-5gVe0XzR Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms read with on'yomi, Japanese terms with 3 kanji, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with on'yomi: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53
     
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          "english": "I will work with all my might.",
          "roman": "Seiippai hatarakimasu.",
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      "ipa": "[se̞ːip̚pa̠i]"
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