凶兆(きょうちょう)

きょうちょう
noun
bad omen; ill omen; unlucky sign
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1. bad omen; ill omen; unlucky sign
A sign or event believed to foretell misfortune or disaster. Used both literally in contexts involving superstition and figuratively to describe worrying signs.
カラスが鳴(な)くのは凶兆(きょうちょう)だという。
They say a crow cawing is a bad omen.
不吉(ふきつ)な夢(ゆめ)を凶兆(きょうちょう)と受(う)け止(と)めた。
I took the ominous dream as a bad omen.
株価(かぶか)の急落(きゅうらく)は経済(けいざい)危機(きき)の凶兆(きょうちょう)かもしれない。
The sharp drop in stock prices may be an omen of an economic crisis.

A somewhat literary or dramatic word for a bad omen. Appears in novels, news commentary, and discussions of superstitions. The opposite is 吉兆(きっちょう) (good omen).

Forms

凶(きょう) (bad luck, misfortune) + 兆(ちょう) (sign, omen)

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Antonym: 吉兆(きっちょう) (good omen)
Compare: 不吉(ふきつ) (unlucky, ominous)
Compare: 前兆(ぜんちょう) (omen, harbinger)
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Added 2026.3.29 20:08 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01
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