Seldom | a. Rare; infrequent. [ Archaic. ] “A suppressed and seldom anger.” Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Seldom | adv. [ Usually, Compar. More seldom superl. Most seldom but sometimes also, Seldomer Seldomest. ] [ AS. seldan, seldon, seldum, fr. seld rare; akin to OFries. sielden, D. zelden, G. selten, OHG. seltan, Icel. sjaldan, Dan. sielden, Sw. sällan, Goth. sildaleiks marvelous. ] Rarely; not often; not frequently. [ 1913 Webster ] Wisdom and youth are seldom joined in one. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Seldomness | n. Rareness. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Unseldom | adv. Not seldom; frequently. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
少ない(P);少い(io);尠い;寡い | [すくない, sukunai] (adj-i) few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom; (P) #2,274 [Add to Longdo] |
稀(P);希 | [まれ, mare] (adj-na) (uk) rare; seldom; (P) #6,127 [Add to Longdo] |
そうは問屋が卸さない;そうは問屋がおろさない;然うは問屋が卸さない | [そうはとんやがおろさない, souhatonyagaorosanai] (exp) things don't work that well in the real world; things seldom go as one wishes; that is expecting too much [Add to Longdo] |
佳人薄命 | [かじんはくめい, kajinhakumei] (exp) beauties die young; beauty and luck seldom go together [Add to Longdo] |
学者貧乏 | [がくしゃびんぼう, gakushabinbou] (exp) good scholars are seldom rich [Add to Longdo] |
泣き面に蜂;泣きっ面に蜂 | [なきつらにはち(泣き面に蜂);なきっつらにはち(泣きっ面に蜂), nakitsuranihachi ( naki men ni hachi ); nakittsuranihachi ( naki tsu men ni hachi )] (exp, n) misfortunes seldom come alone; it rains, but it pours [Add to Longdo] |
経常利益 | [けいじょうりえき, keijourieki] (n) (seldom used by non-Japanese financial analysts) current profits; ordinary profit; income before income taxes; ordinary income; operating income; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
時たま;時偶 | [ときたま, tokitama] (adv) once in a while; occasionally; seldom; at long intervals [Add to Longdo] |
七十古希 | [しちじゅうこき, shichijuukoki] (exp) Men seldom live to be seventy (Du Fu (c.712-c.770)); Few people live to be seventy [Add to Longdo] |
準否定 | [じゅんひてい, junhitei] (n) (obsc) { ling } quasi-negation (e.g. use of words like 'hardly', 'seldom', 'barely'); weak negation [Add to Longdo] |
能無し犬の高吠え;能なし犬の高吠え | [のうなしいぬのたかぼえ, nounashiinunotakaboe] (exp) (id) (obsc) a barking dog seldom bites (meaning those who make the most noise have the least talent) [Add to Longdo] |
美人薄命 | [びじんはくめい, bijinhakumei] (exp) beauty and fortune seldom go together; the beautiful die young [Add to Longdo] |
滅多 | [めった, metta] (adj-na, n) (uk) thoughtless; reckless; seldom (neg. verb); careless; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
滅多に | [めったに, mettani] (adv) (with neg. verb) rarely; seldom; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
滅多に見られない図 | [めったにみられないず, mettanimirarenaizu] (n) (obsc) seldom seen sight [Add to Longdo] |