(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.
(にじ)吉兆(きっちょう)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.
(あさ)から天気(てんき)よく(なに)吉兆(きっちょう)ような()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 (きち) (good fortune) + (ちょう) (sign, omen). A somewhat literary or formal word for an auspicious sign.

Common collocations

Traditional good omens in japan

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