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    3. 前兆

    前兆

    前ぜん兆ちょう

    omen

    KMT7News #18+1NounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab15 strokes

    前徴

    ぜんちょう

    Noun

    1.
    omen, portent, sign, presage, harbinger, premonition, precursor, foreboding, presentiment

    Stroke 0 / 15

    Speed1.0x

    不ふ吉きつな前ぜん兆ちょうだと感かんじた。

    I felt it was an ominous sign.

    KMT6Emotions & Psychology
    地じ震しんの前まえに動どう物ぶつが騒さわぐのは、よくある前ぜん兆ちょうだと言いわれている。

    It is said that animals making noise before an earthquake is a common precursor.

    KMT7Nature & EnvironmentAnimals
    彼かれの不ふ穏おんな言げん動どうは、何なにか悪わるいことの前ぜん兆ちょうのように思 えた。

    His unsettling words and actions seemed like a premonition of something bad.

    KMT7Emotions & Psychology
    空そらの色いろの変へん化かは、嵐あらしの前ぜん兆ちょうかもしれない。

    The change in the sky's color might be a sign of a storm.

    KMT7Weather & GeographyNature & Environment
    経けい済ざい危きき機ぜんの前ちょ兆うが、すでにいくつか現あらわれ始はじめている。

    Several precursors to an economic crisis have already begun to appear.

    KMT8Business & FinancePolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    前
    まえ・-まえ…(4)
    in front・before
    兆
    きざ.す・きざ.し…(1)
    portent・10**12・trillion・sign・omen…(1)
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