画期的

かっきてき

Also written 劃期的

Meanings

1. な-adjective ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making

Kanji

• 画 plan. Read as カク.
• 期 period
• 的 -like. Read as テキ.

Example sentences

• 当時としちゃ画期的な発明だったね。
  It was a groundbreaking invention at the time.
• これは、画期的な発明だから教科書に載るかもよ。
  This invention is so revolutionary, it might make it into the textbooks.

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