単語屋Tangoya, “the word shop”
Kanji compounds#4,557 most used

所詮

しょせん0

Pitch accent · 平板 (heiban)

after all; in the end

ITS KANJI

IN A SENTENCE

In the end, it was simply beyond me.

written for Tangoya

IN OTHER SENTENCES

I think that things like animal rights are really just humanity being smug.

from Tatoeba · tommy_san

MEANINGS

1

after all; in the end; anyway

adverb

TANGOYA ASKS

2

(cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means; (not) ever

adverb

SOUNDS THE SAME

緒戦beginning of hostilitiesしょせん · not in tangoya
初戦first matchしょせん

DETAILS

Kind熟語, kanji compounds

Frequency#4,557 most used

Written所詮 only

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium