English–Japanese
“rarely” in Japanese
How to say “rarely” in Japanese
“Rarely” in Japanese is 滅多に (mettani).
It marks an action or event as something that happens only on uncommon occasions.
Example sentences with 滅多に
彼は滅多に遅刻しません。kare wa met ta ni chi koku shi ma se n
He is rarely late.
Tips for using 滅多に
- In conversation, 滅多に (mettani) often appears before a negative predicate, as in 滅多に見ません (mettani mimasen), although English uses rarely without an extra negative.
Other Japanese words for “rarely”
私は滅多に映画を見ません。watashi wa met ta ni ei ga o mi ma se n
I rarely watch movies.