"滅多" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Japanese]

IPA: [me̞t̚ta̠]
Etymology: Cognate with and change from earlier めた (meta, “thoughtless, rash, immoderate, excessive”). Gemination is commonly used in Japanese for emphasis. This root めた (meta) would appear to be related in some way to synonymous roots めちゃ (mecha), むちゃ (mucha), and むさ (musa). The kanji are phonetic ateji (当て字). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|めた|gloss=thoughtless, rash, immoderate, excessive}} めた (meta, “thoughtless, rash, immoderate, excessive”), {{ja-r|めた}} めた (meta), {{ja-r|めちゃ}} めちゃ (mecha), {{ja-r|むちゃ}} むちゃ (mucha), {{ja-r|むさ}} むさ (musa), {{m|ja|当て字}} 当て字, {{ja-ateji|sort=めった}} ateji (当て字) Head templates: {{ja-adj|めった|infl=na}} 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)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|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}} Forms: 滅多 [canonical] (ruby: (めっ), ()), metta [romanization], 滅多な [adnominal] (ruby: (めっ), ()), 滅多に [adverbial] (ruby: (めっ), ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 滅多だろ [imperfective, stem], めっただろ [imperfective, stem], metta daro [imperfective], 滅多で [continuative, stem], めったで [continuative, stem], metta de [continuative], 滅多だ [stem, terminative], めっただ [stem, terminative], metta da [terminative], 滅多な [attributive, stem], めったな [attributive, stem], metta na [attributive], 滅多なら [hypothetical, stem], めったなら [hypothetical, stem], metta nara [hypothetical], 滅多であれ [imperative, stem], めったであれ [imperative, stem], metta de are [imperative], 滅多ではない [informal, negative], 滅多じゃない [informal, negative], めったではない [informal, negative], めったじゃない [informal, negative], metta de wa nai [informal, negative], metta ja nai [informal, negative], 滅多だった [informal, past], めっただった [informal, past], metta datta [informal, past], 滅多ではなかった [informal, negative, past], 滅多じゃなかった [informal, negative, past], めったではなかった [informal, negative, past], めったじゃなかった [informal, negative, past], metta de wa nakatta [informal, negative, past], metta ja nakatta [informal, negative, past], 滅多です [formal], めったです [formal], metta desu [formal], 滅多ではありません [formal, negative], 滅多じゃありません [formal, negative], めったではありません [formal, negative], めったじゃありません [formal, negative], metta de wa arimasen [formal, negative], metta ja arimasen [formal, negative], 滅多でした [formal, past], めったでした [formal, past], metta deshita [formal, past], 滅多ではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], 滅多じゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], めったではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], めったじゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], metta de wa arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], metta ja arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], 滅多で [conjunctive], めったで [conjunctive], metta de [conjunctive], 滅多なら(ば) [conditional], めったなら(ば) [conditional], metta nara (ba) [conditional], 滅多だったら [conditional, past], めっただったら [conditional, past], metta dattara [conditional, past], 滅多だろう [volitional], めっただろう [volitional], metta darō [volitional], 滅多に [adverbial], めったに [adverbial], metta ni [adverbial], 滅多さ [noun-from-adj], めったさ [noun-from-adj], mettasa [noun-from-adj]
  1. thoughtless, inconsiderate, excessive
    Sense id: en-滅多-ja-adj-8KRtnEtT Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 78 22 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 78 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 78 22
  2. (chiefly in the negative) frequent (compare the English construction not + too much)
    Sense id: en-滅多-ja-adj-89BGfIsf Categories (other): Japanese negative polarity items
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: (ruby: (まれ)) (english: mare) [rare]

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "めた",
        "gloss": "thoughtless, rash, immoderate, excessive"
      },
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      "name": "ja-r"
    },
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    },
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    {
      "form": "滅多",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "滅",
          "めっ"
        ],
        [
          "多",
          "た"
        ]
      ],
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    },
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      "form": "metta",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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    },
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      "form": "滅多な",
      "roman": "metta na",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "滅",
          "めっ"
        ],
        [
          "多",
          "た"
        ]
      ],
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        "adnominal"
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          "滅",
          "めっ"
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        [
          "多",
          "た"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅多だろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めっただろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metta daro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅多で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めったで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metta de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅多だ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めっただ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metta da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めったなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metta nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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": [
        {
          "_dis": "69 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "74 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "滅多",
              "めった"
            ],
            [
              "言",
              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "滅多なことを言うな!\nMetta na koto o iu na!\nDon't say such thoughtless things! → Don't be talking stupid!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thoughtless, inconsiderate, excessive"
      ],
      "id": "en-滅多-ja-adj-8KRtnEtT",
      "links": [
        [
          "thoughtless",
          "thoughtless"
        ],
        [
          "inconsiderate",
          "inconsiderate"
        ],
        [
          "excessive",
          "excessive"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese negative polarity items",
          "parents": [
            "Negative polarity items",
            "Terms by semantic function"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "frequent (compare the English construction not + too much)"
      ],
      "id": "en-滅多-ja-adj-89BGfIsf",
      "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": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "mare",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "稀",
          "まれ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "稀"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ja:大辞林",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
  "word": "滅多"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms spelled with ateji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters",
    "Japanese な-na adjectives"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "めた",
        "gloss": "thoughtless, rash, immoderate, excessive"
      },
      "expansion": "めた (meta, “thoughtless, rash, immoderate, excessive”)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "めた"
      },
      "expansion": "めた (meta)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "めちゃ"
      },
      "expansion": "めちゃ (mecha)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "むちゃ"
      },
      "expansion": "むちゃ (mucha)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "むさ"
      },
      "expansion": "むさ (musa)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "当て字"
      },
      "expansion": "当て字",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "sort": "めった"
      },
      "expansion": "ateji (当て字)",
      "name": "ja-ateji"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with and change from earlier めた (meta, “thoughtless, rash, immoderate, excessive”). Gemination is commonly used in Japanese for emphasis.\nThis root めた (meta) would appear to be related in some way to synonymous roots めちゃ (mecha), むちゃ (mucha), and むさ (musa).\nThe kanji are phonetic ateji (当て字).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "滅多",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "滅",
          "めっ"
        ],
        [
          "多",
          "た"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metta",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅多な",
      "roman": "metta na",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "滅",
          "めっ"
        ],
        [
          "多",
          "た"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅多に",
      "roman": "metta ni",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "滅",
          "めっ"
        ],
        [
          "多",
          "た"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅多だろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めっただろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metta daro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅多で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めったで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metta de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "滅多だ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めっただ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metta da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めったなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "metta nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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": [
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "滅多",
              "めった"
            ],
            [
              "言",
              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "滅多なことを言うな!\nMetta na koto o iu na!\nDon't say such thoughtless things! → Don't be talking stupid!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thoughtless, inconsiderate, excessive"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thoughtless",
          "thoughtless"
        ],
        [
          "inconsiderate",
          "inconsiderate"
        ],
        [
          "excessive",
          "excessive"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese negative polarity items",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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。"
        }
      ],
      "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": [
    "ja:大辞林",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
  "word": "滅多"
}

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