Illustration: At the grassy edge of a Japanese riverside path, a child has discovered one four-leaf clover among a dense patch of ordinary three-leaf clovers. The child holds its stem gently upright, keeping all four leaves separate and visible.

JLPT N4i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

珍めずらしい

mezurashii

rare, unusual

Example sentences

  1. これは珍めずらしい種類しゅるいの魚さかなです。

    This is a strange kind of fish.

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  2. 彼かれが怒おこるのは珍めずらしい。

    It is rare for him to get angry.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれが早起はやおきするなんて珍めずらしい。

    It’s unusual for him to get up early.

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Kanji in 珍

  • 珍rare; curiousOnチンKunめずらしい・たから

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