吉兆(きっちょう)

きっちょう
noun
good omen; auspicious sign
formalculture
1. good omen; auspicious sign; lucky sign
A sign or event believed to foretell something good. Used in both traditional and modern contexts.
虹(にじ)は吉兆(きっちょう)とされている。
Rainbows are considered a good omen.
Seeing a crane on New Year's is said to be an auspicious sign.
朝(あさ)から天気(てんき)がよく、何(なに)か吉兆(きっちょう)のような気(き)がした。
The weather was fine from morning, and it felt like some kind of good omen.

吉兆(きっちょう) combines 吉(きち) (good fortune) + 兆(ちょう) (sign, omen). A somewhat literary or formal word for an auspicious sign.

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More formal/literary than 縁起(えんぎ)がいい. Common in written language and cultural contexts.