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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

前まえ触ぶれ

maebure

sign of things to come

Example sentences

  1. ツバメは夏なつの前触まえぶれだ。

    The swallow is a sign of summer.

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  2. これって、悪わるい前触まえぶれ？

    Is this a bad sign?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 鶏にわとりの鳴なき声ごえは夜明よあけの前触まえぶれです。

    The crowing of a cock is the harbinger of dawn.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 前触

  • 前in front; beforeOnゼンKunまえ
  • 触contact; touchOnショクKunふれる・さわる・さわ

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