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滅多に (めったに): rarely (with neg. verb), seldom — Japanese vocabulary

滅多に is read めったに and means "rarely (with neg. verb), seldom". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

滅多に

Reading
めったに · mettani
Translation
rarely (with neg. verb), seldom
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
めったにが

Example

今、私はめったに映画を見に行きません。

いま、わたしはめったにえいがをみにいきません。

Now I seldom go to the movies.

Kanji in this word

  • 滅 — destroy, perish
  • 多 — many

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