希

Reading

Kana: ぎ

Romaji: gi

Kana

Romaji

Definition

1

Greece; Greek; Greco-

Note: abbreviation

See also: 希臘

Kanji

希

Readings: キ、ケ、まれ

Meanings: hope, beg, request, pray, beseech, Greece, dilute (acid), rare, few, phenomenal

Example Sentences

あまり希望(きぼう)がない。

➥There is not much hope.

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彼(かれ)は時々(ときどき)希望(きぼう)を失(うしな)う。

➥He sometimes loses hope.

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少(すこ)しは希望(きぼう)があるのか。

➥Is there any hope whatsoever?

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命(いのち)ある限(かぎ)り希望(きぼう)あり。

➥While there is life, there is hope.

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また希望(きぼう)が出(で)てきた。

➥My hopes revived.

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昨日(きのう)の夢(ゆめ)は今日(きょう)の希望(きぼう)。

➥The dream of yesterday is the hope of today.

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希

稀

Reading

Kana: き

Romaji: ki

Kana

Romaji

Definitions

1

dilute

See also: 希塩酸

2

rare

See also: 希書

Kanji

希

Readings: キ、ケ、まれ

Meanings: hope, beg, request, pray, beseech, Greece, dilute (acid), rare, few, phenomenal

稀

Readings: キ、ケ、まれ、まばら

Meanings: rare, phenomenal, dilute (acid)

Example Sentences

あまり希望(きぼう)がない。

➥There is not much hope.

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彼(かれ)は時々(ときどき)希望(きぼう)を失(うしな)う。

➥He sometimes loses hope.

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少(すこ)しは希望(きぼう)があるのか。

➥Is there any hope whatsoever?

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命(いのち)ある限(かぎ)り希望(きぼう)あり。

➥While there is life, there is hope.

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また希望(きぼう)が出(で)てきた。

➥My hopes revived.

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昨日(きのう)の夢(ゆめ)は今日(きょう)の希望(きぼう)。

➥The dream of yesterday is the hope of today.

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稀

希

Reading

Kana: まれ

Romaji: mare

Kana

Romaji

Definition

1

rare; seldom

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

稀

Readings: キ、ケ、まれ、まばら

Meanings: rare, phenomenal, dilute (acid)

希

Readings: キ、ケ、まれ

Meanings: hope, beg, request, pray, beseech, Greece, dilute (acid), rare, few, phenomenal

Example Sentences

彼(かれ)は古来(こらい)まれな芸術家(げいじゅつか)だ。

➥He is as great an artist as lived.

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忍耐(にんたい)は近頃(ちかごろ)まれな美徳(びとく)です。

➥Patience is a rare virtue these days.

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彼女(かのじょ)のような美(うつく)しさはまれだ。

➥Such beauty as hers is rare.

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彼(かれ)は稀(まれ)に見(み)る勤勉(きんべん)な男(おとこ)だ。

➥He is as diligent a man as ever lived.

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ピカソのような画家(がか)は稀(まれ)だ。

➥Such painters as Picasso are rare.

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日食(にっしょく)はまれにしか起(お)こらない。

➥An eclipse of the sun is a rare appearance.

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