破天荒

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

    • (Tokyo) んこー [hàtéꜜǹkòò] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
    • IPA(key): [ha̠tẽ̞ŋko̞ː]

    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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
    • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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