IN A SENTENCE
この商店街は人通りもまばらで、めったに車は通らない。
These shops don't get much foot traffic, and there are hardly any cars that come this way.
from Tatoeba · KK_kaku_
MEANING
1
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
adjectival noun
TANGOYA ASKS
The dictionary gives まばら this one meaning.
DETAILS
Kindかな語, kana words
Frequency#12,929 most used
Writtenまばら、疎ら
Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall
Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium