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    3. 卜する

    卜する

    卜ぼくす​る​

    to tell (a person's) fortune

    NTVerb, TransitiveReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab5 strokes

    ぼくする

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to tell (a person's) fortune, to divine
    2.
    to choose, to settle upon (a place to live), to fix (one's residence)

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    Characters that make up this word

    卜
    うらな.う・うらない…(2)
    divining・fortune-telling・divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
    Kanji
    す
    su
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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