JLPT N3 · Adverb

滅多に (mettani)

滅多に (めったに, mettani) is a Japanese adverb meaning “rarely; seldom”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: めったに
Romaji: mettani
Word class: Adverb
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

rarely; seldom · adverb · with neg. verb

Example sentences

今、私はめったに映画を見に行きません。

Now I seldom go to the movies.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 滅多に

滅

destroy, ruin, overthrowメツ・ほろ.びる・ほろ.ぶ · 13 strokes

多

many, frequent, muchタ・おお.い・まさ.に · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 滅多に.

絶滅ぜつめつextinction全滅ぜんめつtotal destruction滅亡めつぼうdownfall滅びるほろびるto go to ruin滅ぼすほろぼすto destroy多いおおいmany多分たぶんprobably多少たしょうa little多忙たぼうbeing very busy多様たようdiverse多数決たすうけつmajority decision幾多いくたmany

Source: JMdict entry 1612000 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.