滅多に
N3めったに mettani
- rarely (with neg. verb)
- seldom
adverb
Chinese meanings
很少
Examples
- 今、私はめったに映画を見に行きません。Now I seldom go to the movies.现在我很少去看电影。
- 当地では滅多に雪が降らない。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"
}
}