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とんだ (tonda)

terrible, awful, serious, preposterous, absolutely not

  • JLPT N1

Meaning

とんだ (tonda) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “terrible, awful, serious, preposterous, absolutely not”.

Example sentences 6

証人喚問しょうにんかんもんはとんだ騒さわぎになってしまいました。

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

彼は非常に想像力にとんだ作家です。

He is a very imaginative writer.

お前もとんだとばっちりだったよな。

You got involved in something bad, huh?

こりゃ、とんだハプニングだな!

This is terribly unexpected!

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