Illustration: At a rural produce competition, an enormous pumpkin arrives on a reinforced low trolley and leaves the veteran organizers staring. Behind the judging table hangs a chronological row of old photographs showing earlier winning pumpkins beside the same distinctive measuring frame.

JLPT N1no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

空くう前ぜん

kuuzen

unprecedented, record-breaking

Example sentences

  1. 東京市場とうきょうしじょうは空前くうぜんの損失そんしつを記録きろくしました。

    The Tokyo stock market recorded an unprecedented loss.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれらが活躍かつやくして空前くうぜんの繁栄はんえいを生うんだ。

    Their activities resulted in unprecedented prosperity.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. さらに、大宝律令たいほうりつりょうの制定後せいていごまもなく、空前くうぜん規模きぼの都城とじょうである平城京へいじょうきょうが、9年ねんの歳月さいげつで建設けんせつされた。

    Furthermore, soon after the establishment of the Taiho Ritsuryo, Heijokyo, a walled city on an unprecedented scale was constructed over nine years.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 空前

  • 空empty; skyOnクウKunそら・あく・あき
  • 前in front; beforeOnゼンKunまえ

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