adverb, takes genitive case の, adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, noun

  1. to the limit, to the full, as much as possible, with all one's might.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
目一杯 めいっぱい
 
 
 
 
目いっぱい めいっぱい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
counter for cupfuls, wine glass, glass
ハイ さかずき (7th, N3)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
negative, non-, bad
 (4th, N4)
cliff (厂) variant
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)