Illustration: A woman returns to her apartment kitchen carrying a clean tea towel and stops at the low dining table. A plate that held grilled fish now contains only a backbone. Small damp paw prints cross the tabletop from an open balcony door, and a few fish flakes lead toward the hallway.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

形けい跡せき

keiseki

traces, evidence

Example sentences

  1. その島しまに人ひとがいる形跡けいせきはなかった。

    There were no signs of life on the island.

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  2. その家いえには人ひとの住すんでいる形跡けいせきはなかった。

    The house gave no sign of life.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 罰ばっせられた形跡けいせきなどない。

    There existed no evidence that he was punished.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 形跡

  • 形shape; formOnケイ・ギョウKunかた・かたち・なり
  • 跡tracks; markOnセキKunあと

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