Illustration: Outside a northern Japanese home, old snow still covers the garden edges and the surrounding branches remain bare. On one low plum branch, a swollen bud has just split enough to reveal its first small petal.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

兆きざし

kizashi

sign, indication

Example sentences

  1. その建物たてものは老朽化ろうきゅうかの兆きざしを見みせている。

    The building exhibits signs of dilapidation.

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  2. 嵐あらしのきざしがある。

    There is a threat of a storm.

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  3. 雨あめは止やむ兆きざしが無ない。

    The rain shows no sign of stopping.

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Kanji in 兆

  • 兆portent; 10**12OnチョウKunきざす・きざし

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