► 副詞
たま [(2)たま] [coll] meaning: rare rank: 1
☆ たまには温泉に行こう ⇨ Let’s go to a hot spring resort for a change (☛ Rarely happen)
☆ たまの休みは家でゆっくりした ⇨ I want to relax at home for rare off-days (☛ Rarely happen)
► 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: 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
又と無い [(4)またとない] [liter] meaning: rare rank: 3
☆ これは又と無い機会だ ⇨ This is a never-again, once-in-a-lifetime, opportunity
► 形容動詞
稀 [(2)まれ] [liter] meaning: rare rank: 2
☆ この地方で雪が降るのは稀だ ⇨ It is rare that it snows in this region
稀 [(2)まれ] [稀に見る] [liter] meaning: rare rank: 2
☆ 彼は稀に見る才能の持ち主だ ⇨ He possesses talents rarely seen
滅多 [(1)めった] [滅多に～ない] [coll] meaning: rare rank: 2
☆ 滅多に怒らない彼が激怒した ⇨ He who rarely gets angry, went berserk
☆ 私は外食は滅多にしない ⇨ I rarely eat out
異例 [いれい] [liter] meaning: rare rank: 3
☆ 大統領本人がそのような式典に参列するのは極めて異例なことだ ⇨ It is extremely uncommon that the president himself attends such a ceremony (☛ Not following standard protocols)
希少 [きしょう] meaning: rare rank: 3
☆ 希少価値の高い切手 ⇨ A stamp with a high value because of its rarity
☆ 希少な金属 ⇨ Rare metal (☛ Rare and precious)
類稀 [たぐいまれ] meaning: rare rank: 3
☆ 彼女は類まれな才能を持っている ⇨ She possesses rare, peerless, talents (☛ Literally “something similar is rare”. Usually about talents)
不世出 [(2)ふせいしゅつ] [liter] meaning: rare rank: 4
☆ 彼は不世出の天才だ ⇨ He is a once-in-a-lifetime kind of genius (☛ Literally “don’t appear in the world”. Usually about talents)