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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

滅めっ多たに

N3
めったに mettani
  1. rarely (with neg. verb)
  2. seldom
adverb

Chinese meanings

很少

Examples

  • 今いま、私わたしはめったに映えい画がを見みに行いきません。
    Now I seldom go to the movies.
    现在我很少去看电影。
  • 当とう地ちでは滅めっ多たに雪ゆきが降ふらない。
    We seldom have snow here.
    这里很少下雪。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('24e21e954d'); // 滅多に
{
  "id": "24e21e954d",
  "word": "滅多に",
  "reading": "めったに",
  "romaji": "mettani",
  "meanings": [
    "rarely (with neg. verb)",
    "seldom"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "adv"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1612000,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "今、私はめったに映画を見に行きません。",
      "furigana": "{今|いま}、{私|わたし}はめったに{映画|えいが}を{見|み}に{行|い}きません。",
      "en": "Now I seldom go to the movies.",
      "tatoeba_id": 172911
    },
    {
      "ja": "当地では滅多に雪が降らない。",
      "furigana": "{当地|とうち}では{滅多|めった}に{雪|ゆき}が{降|ふ}らない。",
      "en": "We seldom have snow here.",
      "tatoeba_id": 123999
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "5f17b0da36cf1ec9f8c18a0f355faae8792259475215d567d7e3de3f0321385a",
    "meanings": [
      "很少"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "今、私はめったに映画を見に行きません。",
        "zh": "现在我很少去看电影。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "当地では滅多に雪が降らない。",
        "zh": "这里很少下雪。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/24e21e954d",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1612000; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "6f76428c04f93b3170d83f9aba429535e15fe4860f5422024e84f7f60f588129"
  }
}