希き少しょう

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

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Describes something that is in short supply or hard to find, often used for resources, species, or opportunities.

少しょう

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Water is scarce in this region.

希き少しょうな金きん属ぞくの価か格かくが上あがっている。

The price of rare metals is rising.

希き少しょうな〈物もの〉a scarce/rare resource, species, item, etc.
この地ち域いきには希き少しょうな植しょく物ぶつが多おおく生せい息そくしている。
Many rare plants live in this region.
〈物もの〉は希き少しょうだsomething is scarce/in short supply
この鉱こう石せきは非ひ常じょうに希き少しょうだ。
This mineral is extremely scarce.
〈物もの〉には希き少しょう価か値ちがあるsomething has rarity value
古ふるい切きっ手てには希き少しょう価か値ちがある。
Old stamps have rarity value.

珍めずらしいN4
珍しい focuses on something being unusual or surprising, while 希少 emphasizes that the thing is limited in quantity or hard to obtain.
貴き重ちょうN3
貴重 stresses the high value or importance of something, whereas 希少 stresses its limited supply, though the two often overlap.
稀まれN2
稀 is a more literary word for something occurring rarely, while 希少 is the standard term for goods, species, or resources being in short supply.
珍ちん
希少 is a formal term emphasizing scarcity, whereas 珍 in compounds often carries an amusing or curious nuance rather than just rarity.

豊ほう富ふN3
豊富 describes something abundant and plentiful, the opposite of 希少's meaning of scarce and hard to find.

希き薄はくN1
希少 means 'rare' or 'scarce' in terms of quantity or availability, while 希薄 means 'thin, diluted, or weak' in concentration or intensity, and learners often mix them up because both start with 希.

Compound of 希 (rare, hope) and 少 (few, little). The spelling 稀少 uses 稀 (rare) instead of 希, with the same meaning.

希き少しょう糖とう

rare sugar

scarcity value; rarity value; preciousness

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