空前絶後

くうぜんぜつご

Meanings

1. Noun, の-adjective (so marvelous or horrible that it may be) the first and probably the last

Kanji

• 空 sky. Read as クウ.
• 前 front. Read as ゼン.
• 絶 cut off. Read as ゼツ.
• 後 after. Read as ゴ.

Example sentences

• 2011年（平成23年）3月11日に、福島で空前絶後の事故が起きた。
  On the 11th of March 2011, an unprecedented accident took place in Fukushima.

Word lists

• Yojijukugo (四字熟語)

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