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滅多に
めったに
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rarely (with neg. verb), seldom
JLPT N3Commonadverb (fukushi)漢語 · Sino-JapaneseAteji
Taken apart
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In a sentence
彼はめったに諦めぬ。
He rarely gives up.
彼はめったに働かない。
He hardly ever works.
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What Wiktionary says
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What the labels mean
- 漢語 Sino-Japanese
- Words built from Chinese-derived morphemes — borrowed from Chinese or coined in Japan out of Chinese parts — read with on'yomi.
- Ateji
- Kanji chosen for their sound or sense after the word existed.