Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
てつ
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
途轍も無い

Etymology edit

Compound of 途轍 +‎ +‎ ない

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) てつもな [tòtétsúmónáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [to̞te̞t͡sɨᵝmo̞na̠i]

Adjective edit

()(てつ)もない (totetsu mo nai-i (adverbial ()(てつ)もなく (totetsu mo naku))

  1. (idiomatic) absurd, unbelievable
    とてつもなく(おお)きいスイカ
    totetsu mo naku ōkii suika da
    What an absurdly huge watermelon!
  2. (idiomatic) extraordinary, enormous
    とてつもない(なが)です
    totetsu mo nai nagame desu ne
    What a tremendous view!

Inflection edit

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See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN