LingakuFrequency rank: 19,843. – 19,950.
- omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor; presentiment
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
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- omen; portent; sign
- premonition; harbinger
- precursor
- presentiment
This meaning refers to an indication or warning of a future event, often of something significant or ominous.
There are signs that the color of the sky changes before a major earthquake.
This meaning emphasizes a feeling or intuition about an impending event, often implying an emotional or instinctive awareness.
The research indicates a harbinger of climate change.
This usage refers to something that comes before another thing, signaling its arrival or development.
The emergence of new technology was a precursor to the Industrial Revolution.
One must not overlook the precursors of health issues.
This meaning conveys a strong sense of anticipation or feeling that something is about to happen, often without specific evidence or reasoning.
Generated collocations (experimental)
ぜんちょう前兆があるthere is an omenぜんちょう前兆をかんじる感じるto feel a premonitionわるい悪いぜんちょう前兆bad omenぜんちょう前兆をしめす示すto indicate a precursorぜんちょう前兆をむし無視するto ignore a signぜんちょう前兆をみのがす見逃すto miss a portentぜんちょう前兆をかいしゃく解釈するto interpret an omenあっか悪化のぜんちょう前兆sign of deteriorationしゅっさん出産のぜんちょう前兆signs of laborじしん地震のぜんちょう前兆signs of an earthquakeびょうき病気のぜんちょう前兆symptoms of an illness
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I always thought that suffering a heart attack was an omen of death.