警けい報ほう
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Meanings
Noun
1. warning; alarm; alert
Kanji used
Pitch accent
けいほう
Used in vocabulary
警けい報ほう機き
alarm (fire, burglar, railroad-crossing, etc.); sensor
Noun
火か災さい警けい報ほう
fire warning; fire alert
Noun
警けい戒かい警けい報ほう
preliminary alert (flood, typhoon, air-raid, etc.); precautionary warning
Noun
緊きん急きゅう警けい報ほう
emergency alert; critical alert; emergency warning
Noun
緊きん急きゅう警けい報ほう放ほう送そう
Emergency Warning System (radio and TV broadcasts); EWS; emergency warning broadcast
Noun
誤ご警けい報ほう
false alarm; accidental alarm
Noun
Examples5
The alarm sent everyone rushing out of the room.
The coast was warned against a tsunami.
They sounded the alarm when they saw the enemy approaching.
A storm warning is out now.
The tidal wave warning has been canceled.