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疎ら[まばら] (mabara)

sparse; sparsely

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疎ら (まばら, mabara) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “sparse; sparsely”.

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Example sentences 10

午前ごぜん3時じは人通ひとどおりもまばらだ

There are few people about at 3am.

9月がつの海うみは、人ひとがまばらだね。

In September, there are just a few people here and there on the beach.

幕末維新の頃には、岡崎には人家も疎らで、空き地が広がっていた。

At the time of the Meiji Restoration at the end of the Edo period, Okazaki consisted of only a few houses and vacant land.

クランク軸5との接触面において多孔質青銅と樹脂とが疎らに露出している。

The porous bronze and the resin are sparsely exposed on a contact face with a crank shaft 5.

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