前触れ

まえぶれ

Also written 前ぶれ

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Intransitive advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement
2. Noun herald; harbinger; forerunner; portent; sign; omen

Kanji

• 前 front. Read as まえ.
• 触 touch. Read as ふれる.

Example sentences

• 誰かがペンとかクリップのことで神経質になってきたら、それは気が触れ出したという立派な前触れである。
  When someone becomes neurotic about pens and paper clips, it's a sure sign they're cracking up.
• 彼は何の前触れもなくやめた。
  He quit without notice.
• これって、悪い前触れ？
  Is this a bad sign?
• 「今日さ、虹色の雲があったんだ。あんなの初めて見たよ」「それは『彩雲』だね。見るといいことが起こる前触れだって、昔から言われてるんだよ」
  "There were rainbow-colored clouds today. I've never seen anything like it before." "Iridescent clouds, huh? You know, it's an old saying that if you see them, it's a sign of good things to come."
• まだら雲の空は、どしゃ降りの前触れ。
  Scattered clouds mean heavy rain.

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