Keyword
unusual
Info
FrequencyTop 900-1000
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 4
Heisig1859
Readings
ちん
(7%)
めず
(1%)
Composed of
king
person
a patch of hair
Used in vocabulary (87 in total)
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
curious; strange; unusual
queer; odd; fantastic
Examples (42 in total)
This is a very rare specimen.
Is this uncommon?
It is rare for him to get angry.
It is not rare for him to make such a mistake.
It is rare that he should make such a mistake.
This is a strange kind of fish.
How did you come by these rare books?
How did you come by those rare books?
He happened to catch sight of a rare butterfly.
Can you obtain this rare book for me?
These butterflies are rare in our country.
This autumn I am, unusually, watching many drama series.
Some people keep rare animals as pets.
The story revolves around a mysterious adventure.
I need a rarer kanji.
I see a rare flower in the vase.
It's unusual for him to get up early.
I thought it was unusual that he was up so late at night.
I found something interesting in the town.
A six-figure income is not uncommon for physicians.
He was in a bad mood, which was rare for him.
Tom is in a good mood today, which is unusual.
He told the children about his adventures in Africa.
Painters such as Picasso are rare.
He hit on a rare old book.
He chanced on a rare book at a second-hand bookstore.
I ran across a rare book in a secondhand bookstore.
There are very rare animals in Australia.
There are rare animals in Australia.
Where did you come across the rare stamps?
I found a rare stamp at that store.
Such a case is not uncommon today.
Cholera is uncommon in Japan.
His hobby is collecting strange butterflies.
We saw many unusual plants in the botanical garden.
Nowadays it isn't unusual for a woman to travel alone.
The townspeople looked curiously at me.
A protagonist as plain and ordinary as him is rare indeed.
Space travel will be commonplace some time in the future.
An eclipse of the moon is a rare phenomenon.
This old coin is very rare.
I found a rare book I had been looking for.