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先触れ (さきぶれ, sakibure) 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。
A preliminary announcement of the new product arrived.

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

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.