Rare, scarce in Japanese 🇯🇵

めずらしい info.

Tips to remember めずらしい:
– Mnemonic: Picture a rare item that "mesmerizes" you. The word めずらしい sounds a bit like "mesmerize" to help you remember its meaning.
– Visual: Imagine seeing a rare animal in the wild. Think about how you would react, and connect that feeling with the word めずらしい.

Explanations:
– めずらしい is an adjective in Japanese that means "rare" or "unusual."

Other words that mean the same thing:
– 珍しい (めずらしい) – the same word with kanji.
– 稀有な (けうな, keuna) – another term for rare or uncommon, though less commonly used.
– まれな (mare na) – rare.

Alternate meanings like slang:
– めずらしい does not typically have alternate meanings or slang uses, it retains its core meaning of something being uncommon or rare.

Examples of sentences that use it:
– こんな景色はとてもめずらしいです。
– Konna keshiki wa totemo mezurashii desu.
– This scenery is very rare.

– めずらしい動物を見ました。
– Mezurashii dōbutsu o mimaa.
– I saw a rare animal.

– この花はめずらしいですね。
– Kono hana wa mezurashii desu ne.
– This flower is rare, isn't it?

– 彼の名前はめずらしいです。
– Kare no namae wa mezurashii desu.
– His name is rare.

– その本は今ではめずらしい。
– Sono hon wa ima dewa mezurashii.
– That book is rare these days.

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