空前

くうぜん

Meanings

1. の-adjective unprecedented; record-breaking

Kanji

• 空 sky. Read as クウ.
• 前 front. Read as ゼン.

Example sentences

• これは空前の大事件として歴史に残るでしょう。
  This will go down in history as the greatest event that has ever taken place.
• 東京市場は空前の損失を記録しました。
  The Tokyo stock market recorded an unprecedented loss.
• 日本は当時、空前の好景気だった。
  The Japanese economy was in an unprecedented boom at that time.

Words containing 空前

• 空前絶後 (くうぜんぜつご) (so marvelous or horrible that it may be) the first and probably the last
• 史上空前 (しじょうくうぜん) unprecedented in history

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