Illustration: Beside a Japanese riverside walking path, two children kneel over a broad patch of clover. Nearly every visible stem carries three leaves, but one clearly separated stem near the centre has four.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

希き少しょう

kishou

rare, scarce

Example sentences

  1. イリジウムは最もっとも希少きしょうな元素げんそのひとつだ。

    Iridium is one of the rarest elements.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 古代こだいにおいて塩しおは希少きしょうで貴重きちょうな商品しょうひんであった。

    Salt was a rare and costly commodity in ancient times.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. あちらの希少きしょうな本ほんは、どのようにして入手にゅうしゅしたのですか？

    How did you come by those rare books?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 希少

  • 希hope; begOnキ・ケKunまれ・こいねがう
  • 少few; littleOnショウKunすくない・すこし

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