► 名詞
珍しさ [(4)めずらしさ] meaning: rare rank: 2
☆ あの店は最初は珍しさで人気があったが、そのうち客がいなくなった ⇨ That store was popular at first by the novelty, but after a while lost all the customers
► 形容詞
珍しい [(4)めずらしい] meaning: interesting rank: 1
☆ 白人を見たことがなかったアフリカの子供達が彼女を珍しそうに見つめた ⇨ African kids who had never seen white people looked at her curiously (☛ Something is interesting to someone because he/she is not familiar with it)
珍しい [(4)めずらしい] meaning: rare rank: 1
☆ 彼が遅れるのは珍しい ⇨ It is rare that he is late
☆ 昨日鹿児島で珍しく雪が降った ⇨ Yesterday we had rare snow in Kagoshima
☆ 珍しい熱帯の鳥 ⇨ A rare tropical bird
► 接尾辞
珍 [ちん] meaning: strange rank: 4
☆ 珍発明 ⇨ A strange, weird, invention