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 mìmóń] (Atamadaka + Heiban – [1]-[0])[1][2]

(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)

(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

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

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