How to say 'Unthinkable' in Japanese | とんでもない

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The Japanese word for Unthinkable is 'Tondemonai', written as とんでもない in Japanese.

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とんでもない

Meaning

Unthinkable

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Tondemonai

Explanation

The Japanese adjective 'とんでもない (tondemonai)' is used to describe something that is outrageous, unthinkable, or beyond the bounds of common sense. It can also be used to express strong denial or to downplay a compliment. For example: That's unthinkable!「とんでもない！」(とんでもない！). It's nothing special「とんでもないことじゃない」(とんでもないことじゃない). The word can also be used to describe something that is extremely unexpected or surprising, as in 'とんでもない事件 (とんでもないじけん) (an outrageous incident)'.

Part Of Speech

adjective

Frequency

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Composition

hiragana

Handwriting

This word is an i-adjective. To learn how it transforms in different tenses and forms, explore all its conjugations.

Hiragana in the Word とんでもない

This word contains 6 Hiragana characters :

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'Tondemonai' means 'Unthinkable' .

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