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    3. 前代未聞

    前代未聞

    前ぜん代だい未み聞もん

    unheard-of

    KMT7News #17+1Noun, ParticleHistoryKanji Vocab33 strokes

    ぜんだいみもん

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    unheard-of, unprecedented, unparalleled in history (unparallelled), record-breaking
    yojijukugo

    Stroke 0 / 33

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    これは前ぜん代だい未み聞もんの出で来き事ごとです。

    This is an unprecedented event.

    KMT6HistoryDaily Life
    そのスキャンダルは前ぜん代だい未み聞もんの規き模ぼでした。

    That scandal was of an unprecedented scale.

    KMT7HistoryPolitics & Law
    この考こう古こ学がく的てき発はっ見けんは、前ぜん代だい未み聞もんの価か値ちを持もつと評ひょう価かされています。

    This archaeological discovery is evaluated as having unprecedented value.

    KMT7HistoryScience & MathCulture & Traditions
    その企き業ぎょうの倒とう産さんは、経けい済ざい界かいにとって前ぜん代だい未み聞もんの衝しょう撃げきを与あたえました。

    The bankruptcy of that company delivered an unprecedented shock to the economic world.

    KMT7Business & FinancePolitics & LawHistory
    彼かれは前ぜん代だい未み聞もんの偉い業ぎょうを成なし遂とげ、歴れき史しにその名なを刻きざんだ。

    He accomplished an unprecedented feat and carved his name into history.

    KMT8HistorySports & Martial ArtsArt & Design

    Kanji that make up this word

    前
    まえ・-まえ…(4)
    in front・before
    代
    か.わる・かわ.る・かわ.り・か.わり・-がわ.り・-が.わり…(6)
    substitute・change・convert・replace・period…(6)
    未
    いま.だ・ま.だ・ひつじ…(2)
    un-・not yet・hitherto・still・even now…(3)
    聞
    き.く・き.こえる…(2)
    hear・ask・listen
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