"前代未聞" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [d͡zẽ̞nda̠i mʲimõ̞ɴ] Forms: 前代未聞 [canonical] (ruby: (ぜん), (だい), (), (もん)), zendaimimon [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|ぜんだいみもん}} 前(ぜん)代(だい)未(み)聞(もん) • (zendaimimon)
  1. (idiomatic) An unheard of, unprecedented issue. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: 空前絶後 (kūzenzetsugo) (ruby: (くう), (ぜん), (ぜつ), ()), 破天荒 (hatenkō) (ruby: (), (てん), (こう)), 未曽有 (mizou) (ruby: (), (), ())
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    {
      "form": "前代未聞",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "前",
          "ぜん"
        ],
        [
          "代",
          "だい"
        ],
        [
          "未",
          "み"
        ],
        [
          "聞",
          "もん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zendaimimon",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ぜんだいみもん"
      },
      "expansion": "前(ぜん)代(だい)未(み)聞(もん) • (zendaimimon)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Japanese terms with 4 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese yojijukugo",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "some unusual event unheard of",
          "roman": "zendaimimon no chinji",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "前",
              "ぜん"
            ],
            [
              "代",
              "だい"
            ],
            [
              "未",
              "み"
            ],
            [
              "聞",
              "もん"
            ],
            [
              "珍",
              "ちん"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "じ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "前代未聞の珍事",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An unheard of, unprecedented issue."
      ],
      "id": "en-前代未聞-ja-noun-sC1bMRwT",
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        [
          "unheard",
          "unheard"
        ],
        [
          "unprecedented",
          "unprecedented"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) An unheard of, unprecedented issue."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "kūzenzetsugo",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "空",
              "くう"
            ],
            [
              "前",
              "ぜん"
            ],
            [
              "絶",
              "ぜつ"
            ],
            [
              "後",
              "ご"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "空前絶後"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hatenkō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "破",
              "は"
            ],
            [
              "天",
              "てん"
            ],
            [
              "荒",
              "こう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "破天荒"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mizou",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "未",
              "み"
            ],
            [
              "曽",
              "ぞ"
            ],
            [
              "有",
              "う"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "未曽有"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ぜんだいみもん"
    },
    {
      "other": "ぜんだいみもん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡zẽ̞nda̠i mʲimõ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "前代未聞"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "前代未聞",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "前",
          "ぜん"
        ],
        [
          "代",
          "だい"
        ],
        [
          "未",
          "み"
        ],
        [
          "聞",
          "もん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zendaimimon",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ぜんだいみもん"
      },
      "expansion": "前(ぜん)代(だい)未(み)聞(もん) • (zendaimimon)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese idioms",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese nouns",
        "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with 4 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Japanese yojijukugo",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "some unusual event unheard of",
          "roman": "zendaimimon no chinji",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "前",
              "ぜん"
            ],
            [
              "代",
              "だい"
            ],
            [
              "未",
              "み"
            ],
            [
              "聞",
              "もん"
            ],
            [
              "珍",
              "ちん"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "じ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "前代未聞の珍事",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An unheard of, unprecedented issue."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unheard",
          "unheard"
        ],
        [
          "unprecedented",
          "unprecedented"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) An unheard of, unprecedented issue."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ぜんだいみもん"
    },
    {
      "other": "ぜんだいみもん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡zẽ̞nda̠i mʲimõ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "kūzenzetsugo",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "空",
          "くう"
        ],
        [
          "前",
          "ぜん"
        ],
        [
          "絶",
          "ぜつ"
        ],
        [
          "後",
          "ご"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "空前絶後"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hatenkō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "破",
          "は"
        ],
        [
          "天",
          "てん"
        ],
        [
          "荒",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "破天荒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mizou",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "未",
          "み"
        ],
        [
          "曽",
          "ぞ"
        ],
        [
          "有",
          "う"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "未曽有"
    }
  ],
  "word": "前代未聞"
}

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