a small sign that something good might happen
何か良いことが起こるかもしれないという小さな兆し (nanika yoi koto ga okoru kamoshirenai to iu chiisana kizashi)
"The new treatment offers a ray of hope for patients."
"新しい治療法は患者に希望の光を提供します。" (Atarashii chiryōhō wa kanja ni **kibō no hikari** o teikyō shimasu.)
the ability to predict the future
Someone who starts using a new product before others.
very quickly; almost immediately
having no money at all
extremely good or impressive
to begin a process that will develop in the future