めったに〜ない

めったに〜ない is a strong negative expression used to say that something happens very rarely. It carries a sense of surprise or emphasis that the event is not usually the case. It is commonly used with verbs in the plain negative form and is stronger than ほとんど〜ない or あまり〜ない. In everyday conversation, you’ll hear it when you want to stress that you almost never do something, or that something hardly ever occurs for you. It is typically used in statements about personal habits, routines, or general situations, and sounds more formal or emphatic than other negative expressions.