Word Meaning 前代未聞

ぜんだいみもん zendaimimon

前代未聞 is read as ぜんだいみもん (zendaimimon) and means unheard-of.

Meaning

English

  1. unheard-of
  2. unprecedented
  3. unparalleled in history (unparallelled)
  4. record-breaking

Reading

Kana

ぜんだいみもん

Romaji

zendaimimon

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 33 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Yojijukugo Rank 13898 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

希代未聞

きたいみもん

unheard-of

前人未発

ぜんじんみはつ

unprecedented

未聞

みもん

unheard

前人未踏

ぜんじんみとう

untrodden (region, field of study, etc.)

前代

ぜんだい

previous generation

前時代的

ぜんじだいてき

premodern

前近代的

ぜんきんだいてき

premodern

前史時代

ぜんしじだい

prehistoric period

大化前代

たいかぜんだい

period in the sixth and seventh centuries prior to the Taika reform

未生以前

みしょういぜん

before one's birth

前庭

ぜんてい

vestibule (of the ear)

Example Sentences

3

それはぜんだいみもんのじけんだった。

it was an unprecedented incident.

This is unheard of.

Declaring war after a surprise attack is to be expected, but killing over ten thousand non-combatants with a bomb is something unheard of.