形跡 (けいせき, keiseki) Japanese meaning: trace | Kotomora形
跡
が
あっ
た
。
There were signs that the door had been forced open.
There is no evidence that he read the document.
Usage patterns
〈事〉した形跡があるthere are signs that something happened
There were signs that someone had broken into the room.
形跡を残すto leave a trace or sign behind
The culprit left no trace at the scene.
形跡がないthere is no sign that something happened
There is no sign at all that it was ransacked.
形跡を消すto erase or remove traces of something
He erased the traces from the computer data.
