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珍奇

珍奇

Chinese

precious thing; treasure
 
strange; odd; weird; wonderful; odd (Num)
simp. and trad.
(珍奇)

Adjective

珍奇

  1. rare; strange

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ちん
Grade: S

Grade: S
on'yomi

Adjectival noun

珍奇 (-na inflection, hiragana ちんき, romaji chinki)

  1. curious, rare, singular
    • 1935, 夢野久作, ドグラ・マグラ:
      それは、やはり精神病者 (せいしんびょうしゃ)心理 (しんり)状態 (じょうたい)不可思議 (ふかしぎ)さを表現 (ひょうげん)した珍奇 (ちんき)な、面白 (おもしろ)製作 (せいさく) (ひと)つです。
      Sore wa, yahari seishinbyōsha no shinri jōtai no fukashigisa o hyōgen shita chinki na, omoshiroi seisaku no hitotsu desu.
      It's a singular and fascinating work that presents the mysteries of the mind of the mentally ill.

Inflection

Noun

珍奇 (hiragana ちんき, romaji chinki)

  1. novelty