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.
    前代未聞(ぜんだいみもん)の珍事(ちんじ)
    zendaimimon no chinji
    some unusual event unheard of

Synonyms

References
  1. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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