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先触れ (さきぶれ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

先さき触ぶれ

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Meanings

1

preliminary announcement; advance notice; portent; sign; forewarning

Refers to an announcement or sign that comes before something else, often used for formal advance notices or omens.

新しん製せい品ひんの先さき触ぶれが届とどいた。

Kanji

先before, ahead, previous
触contact, touch, feel

Related words

ヘラルド
先触れ is a native Japanese word for a herald or advance notice, often in traditional contexts, while ヘラルド is a loanword used mainly in historical, fantasy, or journalistic writing.

Built from

A preliminary announcement of the new product arrived.

その雲くもは嵐あらしの先さき触ぶれだった。

Those clouds were a portent of the storm.

先さき

Etymology

Compound of 先 (saki, 'ahead') and 触れ (fure, 'announcement, notification'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used since at least the Edo period for advance notices and omens.