Illustration: At a roadside diviner’s stall in an Edo town, a diviner solemnly presents a small brush painting showing a customer’s distinctive striped umbrella being carried away by a dog. The customer holds that very umbrella securely and reacts with amused disbelief.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

予よ言げん

yogen

prediction, prophecy

Example sentences

  1. 君きみの予言よげんが当あたったよ。

    Your prophecy has come true.

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  2. すべてがトムの予言よげん通どおりに進すすんでいる。

    Everything is working out just as Tom predicted.

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  3. 将来何しょうらいなにが起おこるか誰だれが予言よげんできるか。

    Who can predict what will happen in the future?

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Kanji in 予言

  • 予beforehand; previousOnヨ・シャKunあらかじめ
  • 言say; wordOnゲン・ゴンKunいう・こと

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