前代未聞

Japanese
Kanji in this term
前 代 未 聞
ぜん
Grade: 2		 だい
Grade: 3		 み
Grade: 4		 もん
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ぜ​んだいみもん [zéꜜǹdàì mìmòǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[3]
  • IPA(key): [d͡zẽ̞nda̠i mʲimõ̞ɴ]

Noun

前(ぜん)代(だい)未(み)聞(もん) • (zendaimimon) 

  1. (idiomatic) An unheard of, unprecedented issue.
    前(ぜん)代(だい)未(み)聞(もん)の珍(ちん)事(じ)
    zendaimimon no chinji
    some unusual event unheard of

Synonyms

References
  1. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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