立彬の日本語
フェリーにはせいぜい100人の乗客しかいなかった。
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There were not more than one hundred passengers on board the ferry.
At most, there were only 100 passengers on the ferry.
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フェリー
1. ferry
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には
1. to, for, on, in, at
2. in order to, for
3. as for, regarding
4. while it is (was) the case that ..., indeed ... (but), certainly ... (but)
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せいぜい, 精々, 精精
1. at the most, at best
2. to the utmost, as much as possible, as much as one can
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乗客, じょうきゃく, じょうかく
1. passenger
乘客
の
1. indicates possessive
2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion
5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
6. (at sentence-end, risi...
句尾起强调作用;助词,表示所有关系
しか
1. nothing but, except, no more than
只有(后接否定形式)