Illustration: On a grassy bank beside a Japanese neighborhood path, two children kneel over a dense patch of clover. Nearly every clearly visible stem carries the usual three leaves, but one child has gently isolated a single stem with four distinct leaves without plucking it.

JLPT N2na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

まれ

mare

rare, uncommon

Example sentences

  1. チャンスというものはいずれにしても、まれにしかない。

    Chances come rarely in any case.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. ピカソのような画家がかは稀まれだ。

    Such painters as Picasso are rare.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 忍耐にんたいは近頃ちかごろまれな美徳びとくです。

    Patience is a rare virtue these days.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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