破天荒

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Chinese

to break; to split; broken
to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out
 
trad. (破天荒) 天荒
simp. #(破天荒) 天荒

Pronunciation


Idiom

破天荒

  1. unprecedented; unheard-of; for the first time

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
てん
Grade: 1
こう
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Adjective

()(てん)(こう) (hatenkō-na (adnominal ()(てん)(こう) (hatenkō na), adverbial ()(てん)(こう) (hatenkō ni))

  1. unheard-of, unprecedented

Inflection

Noun

()(てん)(こう) (hatenkō

  1. being unprecedented

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.