珍

Meaning

珍 centers on something being uncommon and therefore noteworthy: rare, curious, or strange. The idea is that it stands out from the ordinary.

• 珍しいめずらしい
  N4

  rare; uncommon; unusual; curious

• 珍ちん

  rare

• 珍妙ちんみょう

  queer; odd; fantastic

• 珍味ちんみ

  delicacy; dainties

• 珍事ちんじ

  strange incident; unusual occurrence; rare event

• 珍獣ちんじゅう

  rare (or peculiar) animal

• 珍重ちんちょう

  prizing; valuing highly; esteeming

• 頓珍漢とんちんかん

  absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance

• 珍品ちんぴん

  curio; rare article

• 物珍しいものめずらしい

  curious; strange; unusual

• 珍奇ちんき

  strange; rare; novel; curious

• 珍宝ちんぽう

  rare treasure

• 珍客ちんきゃく

  unexpected (but welcome) visitor; rare guest

• 珍説ちんせつ

  odd theory; strange view; absurd opinion

• 七珍しっちん

  the seven treasures (gold, silver, pearls, agate, crystal, coral, lapis lazuli)

• 七珍万宝しっちんまんぽう

  the seven treasures and many other precious things; all the treasures in the world

• 事珍しことめずらし

  unusual; rare; curious

• 八珍はっちん

  eight delicacies

• 別珍べっちん

  velveteen

• 安珍清姫あんちんきよひめ

  (The Story of) Anchin & Kiyohime; The Hidaka River Legend

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