珍しい
めずらしい
hepburn mezurashii
rare, unusual
Part of speech · i-adjective
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Examples
- これは珍しい切手です。This is a rare stamp.
- 君が遅れるなんて珍しいね。It is unusual for you to be late.
Collocations
珍しい物珍しい話珍しく早い珍しいね珍しい経験
Mnemonic
珍しい mezurashii — kanji 珍 (rare, precious) + the i-adjective ending しい. As an i-adjective it inflects: 珍しい物 (a rare thing), 珍しく (rarely). It describes both objects that are scarce and events that are out of the ordinary.
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