Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 滅多(めった) in Japanese

滅多
Kana Reading
めった
Romaji
metta
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    thoughtless; reckless; seldom (neg. verb); careless
    Example sentence
    夜遅く電話話すなどまずめったない I rarely, if ever, talk on the phone till late at night.

Examples of 滅多, めった in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 1

13 strokes

destroy, ruin, overthrow, perish

On'Yomi: メツ

Kun'Yomi: ほろ.びる, ほろ.ぶ, ほろ.ぼす

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JLPT 5

6 strokes

many, frequent, much

On'Yomi: タ

Kun'Yomi: おお.い, まさ.に, まさ.る

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