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The sound of a bell knelling; a toll (particularly one signalling a death). / (figuratively) A sign of the end or demise of something or someone.

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knell

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knell

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/nɛl/

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figuratively

Japanese Meaning

（鐘の鳴る音、特に死を告げる鐘の音） / （比喩的に）終末、崩壊、終焉の兆し

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The knell echoed through the misty harbor, marking the end of the day's work.

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霧に包まれた港に鐘の鳴り響きがこだまし、その日の仕事の終わりを告げた。

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The sound of a bell knelling; a toll (particularly one signalling a death).

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(figuratively) A sign of the end or demise of something or someone.

But at the close of the war there was less thought of what [Britain] had retained than of what she had lost. She was parted from her American Colonies; and at the moment such a parting seemed to be the knell of her greatness.

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