予よ言げん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

prediction; prophecy; foretelling

Used as a noun or with する for saying in advance that something will happen. It often sounds stronger or more dramatic than an ordinary forecast such as 天気予報.

• 彼かれの予よ言げんは十じゅう年ねん後ごに現げん実じつになった。

  His prediction became reality ten years later.

• その作さっ家かは未み来らいの社しゃ会かいを予よ言げんした。

  The writer foretold what society would be like in the future.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

religious prophecy

Religious use for prophecy, especially in scriptural or theological contexts. The related spelling 預言 is often used when emphasizing a message received from God rather than simply predicting the future.

See also: 預言

• 旧きゅう約やく聖せい書しょの予よ言げんが成じょう就じゅしたと信しんじられている。

  It is believed that the prophecy in the Old Testament was fulfilled.