Illustration: In the quiet hallway of a Japanese house, a resident carrying folded laundry pauses beside a partly open sliding door. Their head turns toward a faint movement behind the doorway curtain, eyebrows raised and shoulders suddenly still.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

気け配はい

kehai

sign, hint, sense

Example sentences

  1. 秋あきの気配けはいが感かんじられた。

    There was a hint of fall in the air.

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  2. その家いえには人ひとの気配けはいはなかった。

    There was no sign of life in the house.

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  3. 誘拐犯ゆうかいはんは降参こうさんする気配けはいを見みせなかった。

    The kidnappers showed no sign of giving up.

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Kanji in 気配

  • 気spirit; mindOnキ・ケKunいき・き
  • 配distributeOnハイKunくばる

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