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Meaning of 滅多 in Japanese
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滅多
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Kana Readingめった
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Romajimetta
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- thoughtless; reckless; seldom (neg. verb); careless
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Examples of 滅多, めった in a sentence
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I rarely, if ever, talk on the phone till late at night.
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They beat the dog to a pulp.
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They seldom, if ever, quarrel with each other.
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He rarely gives in, confronted with difficulties.
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He is rarely in a good mood.
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I seldom go to a library.
Related Kanji
滅
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