JLPT N1 · Adverb

とんだ (tonda)

とんだ is a Japanese adverb meaning “unexpected; unlikely”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: とんだ
Romaji: tonda
Word class: Adverb
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

unexpected; unlikely; strange · pre-noun adjectival · usually written in kana
terrible; awful; horrible; serious; outrageous · pre-noun adjectival · usually written in kana
very; extremely · adverb · usually written in kana, obsolete

Example sentences

証人喚問はとんだ騒ぎになってしまいました。

The confirmation hearings turned into a free-for-all.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Source: JMdict entry 1008770 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.