See 滅多 on Wiktionary
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{
"form": "滅多だろ",
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"form": "めっただろ",
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"form": "metta daro",
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"form": "滅多で",
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{
"form": "めったで",
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"continuative",
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},
{
"form": "metta de",
"source": "inflection",
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"continuative"
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},
{
"form": "滅多だ",
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"stem",
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},
{
"form": "めっただ",
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{
"form": "metta da",
"source": "inflection",
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"form": "滅多な",
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},
{
"form": "めったな",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
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]
},
{
"form": "metta na",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive"
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},
{
"form": "滅多なら",
"source": "inflection",
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{
"form": "めったなら",
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{
"form": "metta nara",
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},
{
"form": "滅多であれ",
"source": "inflection",
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},
{
"form": "めったであれ",
"source": "inflection",
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"imperative",
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},
{
"form": "metta de are",
"source": "inflection",
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"imperative"
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},
{
"form": "滅多ではない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "滅多じゃない",
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"informal",
"negative"
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{
"form": "めったではない",
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},
{
"form": "めったじゃない",
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"informal",
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]
},
{
"form": "metta de wa nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "metta ja nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
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},
{
"form": "滅多だった",
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"informal",
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},
{
"form": "めっただった",
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"informal",
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},
{
"form": "metta datta",
"source": "inflection",
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"informal",
"past"
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},
{
"form": "滅多ではなかった",
"source": "inflection",
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"informal",
"negative",
"past"
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},
{
"form": "滅多じゃなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "めったではなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "めったじゃなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "metta de wa nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "metta ja nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "滅多です",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "めったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
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},
{
"form": "metta desu",
"source": "inflection",
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"formal"
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},
{
"form": "滅多ではありません",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
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{
"form": "滅多じゃありません",
"source": "inflection",
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"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "めったではありません",
"source": "inflection",
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"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "めったじゃありません",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "metta de wa arimasen",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "metta ja arimasen",
"source": "inflection",
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"formal",
"negative"
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{
"form": "滅多でした",
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"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "めったでした",
"source": "inflection",
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"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "metta deshita",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
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{
"form": "滅多ではありませんでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
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{
"form": "滅多じゃありませんでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "めったではありませんでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
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"past"
]
},
{
"form": "めったじゃありませんでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
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"past"
]
},
{
"form": "metta de wa arimasen deshita",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "metta ja arimasen deshita",
"source": "inflection",
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"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "滅多で",
"source": "inflection",
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"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "めったで",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "metta de",
"source": "inflection",
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"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "滅多なら（ば）",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "めったなら（ば）",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "metta nara (ba)",
"source": "inflection",
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},
{
"form": "滅多だったら",
"source": "inflection",
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},
{
"form": "めっただったら",
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},
{
"form": "metta dattara",
"source": "inflection",
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"conditional",
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},
{
"form": "滅多だろう",
"source": "inflection",
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"volitional"
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},
{
"form": "めっただろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
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},
{
"form": "metta darō",
"source": "inflection",
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"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "滅多に",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "めったに",
"source": "inflection",
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"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "metta ni",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "滅多さ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "めったさ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "mettasa",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
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}
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"expansion": "滅(めっ)多(た) • (metta) -na (adnominal 滅(めっ)多(た)な (metta na), adverbial 滅(めっ)多(た)に (metta ni))",
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"adverbial": ". に",
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"conjunctive": ". で",
"continuative": ". で",
"degree": "さ",
"formal": ". です",
"formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
"formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
"formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
"formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
"formal_past": ". でした",
"hypothetical": ". なら",
"imperative": ". で あれ",
"imperfective": ". だろ",
"informal_negative": ". で は ない",
"informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
"informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
"informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
"informal_past": ". だった",
"kana": "めった",
"lemma": "滅多",
"provisional": ". だったら",
"terminal": ". だ",
"volitional": ". だろう"
},
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60
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0,
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0,
2
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"english": "Don't say such thoughtless things! → Don't be talking stupid!",
"roman": "Metta na koto o iu na!",
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{
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{
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{
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{
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5
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"english": "It rarely snows here.",
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[
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[
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},
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"ipa": "[me̞t̚ta̠]"
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"form": "no-table-tags",
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},
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"form": "ja-na",
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},
{
"form": "滅多だろ",
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},
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"form": "めっただろ",
"source": "inflection",
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{
"form": "metta daro",
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{
"form": "滅多で",
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{
"form": "めったで",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
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},
{
"form": "metta de",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative"
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},
{
"form": "滅多だ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "めっただ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
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},
{
"form": "metta da",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"terminative"
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},
{
"form": "滅多な",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "めったな",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "metta na",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive"
]
},
{
"form": "滅多なら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
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},
{
"form": "めったなら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
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},
{
"form": "metta nara",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical"
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},
{
"form": "滅多であれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "めったであれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "metta de are",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "滅多ではない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "滅多じゃない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "めったではない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "めったじゃない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "metta de wa nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "metta ja nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "滅多だった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "めっただった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "metta datta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "滅多ではなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "滅多じゃなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "めったではなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "めったじゃなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "metta de wa nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "metta ja nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "滅多です",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "めったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "metta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "滅多ではありません",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "滅多じゃありません",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "めったではありません",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "めったじゃありません",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "metta de wa arimasen",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "metta ja arimasen",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "滅多でした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "めったでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "metta deshita",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "滅多ではありませんでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "滅多じゃありませんでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "めったではありませんでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "めったじゃありませんでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "metta de wa arimasen deshita",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "metta ja arimasen deshita",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "滅多で",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "めったで",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "metta de",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "滅多なら（ば）",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "めったなら（ば）",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "metta nara (ba)",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "滅多だったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "めっただったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "metta dattara",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "滅多だろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "めっただろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "metta darō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "滅多に",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "めったに",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "metta ni",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "滅多さ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "めったさ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "mettasa",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "めった",
"infl": "na"
},
"expansion": "滅(めっ)多(た) • (metta) -na (adnominal 滅(めっ)多(た)な (metta na), adverbial 滅(めっ)多(た)に (metta ni))",
"name": "ja-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"adverbial": ". に",
"attributive": ". な",
"conditional": ". なら（ば）",
"conjunctive": ". で",
"continuative": ". で",
"degree": "さ",
"formal": ". です",
"formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
"formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
"formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
"formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
"formal_past": ". でした",
"hypothetical": ". なら",
"imperative": ". で あれ",
"imperfective": ". だろ",
"informal_negative": ". で は ない",
"informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
"informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
"informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
"informal_past": ". だった",
"kana": "めった",
"lemma": "滅多",
"provisional": ". だったら",
"terminal": ". だ",
"volitional": ". だろう"
},
"name": "ja-adj-infl"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
15,
26
],
[
54,
60
]
],
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
0,
5
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
2
]
],
"english": "Don't say such thoughtless things! → Don't be talking stupid!",
"roman": "Metta na koto o iu na!",
"ruby": [
[
"滅多",
"めった"
],
[
"言",
"い"
]
],
"text": "滅多なことを言うな！",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"thoughtless, inconsiderate, excessive"
],
"links": [
[
"thoughtless",
"thoughtless"
],
[
"inconsiderate",
"inconsiderate"
],
[
"excessive",
"excessive"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Japanese negative polarity items",
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
3,
7
]
],
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
8,
13
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
3,
5
]
],
"english": "It rarely snows here.",
"roman": "Koko wa metta ni yuki wa furimasen.",
"ruby": [
[
"滅多",
"めった"
],
[
"雪",
"ゆき"
],
[
"降",
"ふ"
]
],
"text": "ここは滅多に雪は降りません。",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"frequent (compare the English construction not + too much)"
],
"links": [
[
"frequent",
"frequent"
],
[
"not",
"not#English"
],
[
"too much",
"too much#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly in the negative) frequent (compare the English construction not + too much)"
],
"raw_tags": [
"in the negative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "めった"
},
{
"ipa": "[me̞t̚ta̠]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"english": "mare",
"ruby": [
[
"稀",
"まれ"
]
],
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "稀"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Daijirin"
],
"word": "滅多"
}
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