事が起こる時は前兆があるものだ。

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事 が 起こる 時 は 前兆 が ある もの だ 。

English Translation

Coming events cast their shadows before them.

Furigana

事(こと)が起(お)こる時(とき)は前兆(ぜんちょう)があるものだ。

Romanji

Koto ga okoru toki wa zenchō ga aru mono da.

Words

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

起こる (おこる)

to occur; to happen

時 (とき)

time; hour; moment; occasion; case; chance; opportunity; season; the times; the age; the day; tense

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

前兆 (ぜんちょう)

omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

者 (もの、もん)

person

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

事

Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える

Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

起

Readings: キ、 お.きる、 お.こる、 お.こす、 おこ.す、 た.つ

Meanings: rouse, wake up, get up

時

Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき

Meanings: time, hour

前

Readings: ゼン、 まえ、 -まえ

Meanings: in front, before

兆

Readings: チョウ、 きざ.す、 きざ.し

Meanings: portent, 10**12, trillion, sign, omen, symptoms