portent, 10**12, trillion, sign, omen, symptoms

6 strokesFrequency 1,174JLPT N2Grade 4

On

チョウ

Kun

きざ.すきざ.し

Memory

Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

portent

Constituents

human legs
turtle

Mnemonic Stories

An ominous portent makes the little hairs on your human legs stand on end.

As a primitive, we'll use this to mean turtle (visualize from above).

Dictionary

Common Words

兆候徴候ょうこうNounFreq #12657
1

sign; indication; omen; symptom

Examples
私たちはそれらの徴候を常に意識している。
We are always conscious of the signs.
兆しざし萌しNounFreq #15011
1

sign; indication; omen; symptom

Examples
その建物は老朽化の兆しを見せている。
The building exhibits signs of dilapidation.
予兆ちょうNounFreq #16156
1

omen; sign; notice; indication

前兆んちょう前徴NounFreq #17841
1

omen; portent; sign; presage; harbinger; premonition; precursor; foreboding; presentiment

Examples
この風は嵐の前兆だ。
This wind is a sign of a storm.
ょうFreq #18744
1

Numeric

10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion

2

Common noun

sign; omen; indication; portent

吉兆っちょうNoun~の Adj.Freq #48442
1

lucky omen; good omen

凶兆ょうちょうNounFreq #49526
1

evil omen

1兆一兆いっちょうFreq #57394
1

Numeric

1,000,000,000,000; one trillion

Examples
おまえはどうして、百匹のねこ、千匹のねこ、百万匹、一億、一兆匹のねこといっしょに、食べられてしまわなかったのだね。?
How does it happen that you were not eaten up with all those hundreds and trillions of cats?
兆す萌すIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #65160
1

to show signs; to have symptoms; to give indications (of)

2

to bud; to germinate; to sprout

瑞兆いちょうNounFreq #86757
1

auspicious sign; good omen

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