Word Meaning 空前絶後

くうぜんぜつご kuuzenzetsugo

空前絶後 is read as くうぜんぜつご (kuuzenzetsugo) and means (so marvelous or horrible that it may be) the first and probably the last.

Meaning

English

  1. (so marvelous or horrible that it may be) the first and probably the last

Reading

Kana

くうぜんぜつご

Romaji

kuuzenzetsugo

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 38 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Yojijukugo Rank 82932 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

産前産後

さんぜんさんご

before and after childbirth

絶後

ぜつご

(of a kind) never to be seen again

空前

くうぜん

unprecedented

前後

ぜんご

before and after

相前後する

あいぜんごする

to occur one after another

前後関係

ぜんごかんけい

context (of a passage)

絶対空間

ぜったいくうかん

absolute space

絶対真空

ぜったいしんくう

perfect vacuum

後を絶たず

あとをたたず

never ceasing

前方後円墳

ぜんぽうこうえんふん

keyhole-shaped ancient Japanese tumulus

前後の見境もなく

ぜんごのみさかいもなく

without considering the consequences