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史上に例を見ない (しじょうにれいをみない) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

史し上じょうに例れいを見みない

Meanings

1

expression, i-adjective

unparalleled in history; unprecedented

A set phrase meaning something has never happened before in recorded history. Often used in formal or emphatic contexts.

これは史し上じょうに例れいを見みない大だい発はっ見けんだ。
This is an unparalleled discovery in history.
その災さい害がい

は

史し

上じょう

に

例れい

を

見み

ない

規き

模ぼ

だっ

た

。

The disaster was of an unprecedented scale in history.

Kanji

史history, chronicle
上above, up
例example, custom, usage
見see, hopes, chances

Similar words

未み曾ぞ有う
未曾有 is a noun/adjective meaning 'unprecedented', often used in news. 史上に例を見ない is a longer, more emphatic phrase.
前ぜん例れいのない
前例のない is a common adjectival phrase meaning 'without precedent'. 史上に例を見ない specifically emphasizes historical record.

Etymology

A fixed expression composed of 史上 (in history), に (particle), 例 (example/precedent), を (object marker), and 見ない (negative form of 見る, to see). Literally 'not seeing an example in history'.