稀

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sparse

On-Yomi: キ

Koohii stories:

1) [astridtops] 4-5-2007(25): This region only has sparse agriculture. The few farmers hope their wheat crops will do well, but the soil isn't really good.

2) [Elphalpo] 15-7-2010(17): Food is sparse, so the wheat crops are now their only hope.

3) [herman] 3-12-2008(7): Scarce is a better keyword since this really means rare. Here, the farmer hopes he gets some wheat during the harvest since food is scarce.

4) [kapalama] 7-10-2011(4): 稀に =希に, 稀ガス =希ガス, 稀薄 =希薄, 稀釈 =希釈, 稀有 =希有, 稀代 =希代, sparse (#2611 稀)キ, まれに … Parts:禾, 希 (cf 希釈 hope (#1489 希)) … Note: This is an old form, simplified into 希 , and can be freely replaced by 希 in all but place/people names. 希 has separate meanings, but all of 稀 's meaning have been folded into 希 . … Story: I Hope misidentified Kanji are Sparse from here out, and that it is not a Cereal/Serial thing, but Wheat/Wait there are more.

5) [cameron_en] 25-11-2008(3): With any decent rainfall being sparse, the wheat farmers hope that things will change soon.

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