Frequency rank: 16,229. – 16,298.
- thoughtless; reckless; careless; rash
- seldom; rarewith neg. verbsee also 滅多に【めったに】
- ordinary; usual; common
- excessive; immoderate; extremearchaism
adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
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1. がっこうきょういく学校教育のぎむてき義務的そくめん側面はこども子どものがくしゅう学習いよく意欲をかいぜん改善させるさまざま様々なけんきゅう研究のおおく多くのとりくみ取り組みのなか中ではめったにぶんせき分析されない。
The mandatory character of schooling is rarely analyzed in the multitude of works dedicated to the study of the various ways to develop within children the desire to learn.
Ah, now I remember. I used a condom; something I rarely, or rather practically never, do.
It's just throwing money away to have a yacht you rarely use.
I rarely, if ever, talk on the phone till late at night.
She seldom sings, but I think she will tonight.
She goes to the dentist regularly, so she seldom gets toothache.