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兆候

徴候

Reading

Kana: ちょうこう
Romaji: chōkou
Kana
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Definition

1

sign; indication; omen; symptom

Kanji

Readings: チョウ、 きざ.す、 きざ.し
Meanings: portent, 10**12, trillion, sign, omen, symptoms
Readings: コウ、 そうろう
Meanings: climate, season, weather, wait for, expect
Readings: チョウ、 チ、 しるし
Meanings: indications, sign, omen, symptom, collect, seek, refer to, question

Example Sentences

(かみなり)は、(あらし)(ちか)づいている徴候(ちょうこう)だ。
➥Thunder indicates that a storm is near.
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(おお)くの病気(びょうき)同様(どうよう)、それには特有(とくゆう)兆候(ちょうこう)がある。
➥Like most diseases, it has its own symptoms.
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労働(ろうどう)力不足(ちからぶそく)発生(はっせい)経済(けいざい)過熱(かねつ)兆候(ちょうこう)()られている。
➥The emerging labor shortage is viewed as a sign of economic overheating.
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(わたし)たちはそれらの徴候(ちょうこう)(つね)意識(いしき)している。
➥We are always conscious of the signs.
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食欲(しょくよく)(きゅう)減退(げんたい)するのは病気(びょうき)兆候(ちょうこう)である(こと)がある。
➥Sudden decrease in appetite is sometimes a sign of illness.
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しかし、ゴルバチョフ大統領(だいとうりょう)健康(けんこう)(なん)らかの問題(もんだい)(かか)えているという兆候(ちょうこう)はありませんでしたし、その消息(しょうそく)目下(もっか)のところ不明(ふめい)です。
➥But there had been no indications Gorbachev was having any sort of health problems, and it is not exactly clear what's happened to him now.
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