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    3. 占う

    占う

    占うらなう​

    to tell someone's fortune

    N2KMT9News #28+1CoreVerb, TransitiveCulture & TraditionsReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab7 strokes

    卜う

    うらなう

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to tell someone's fortune, to divine (the future)
    2.
    to predict, to forecast

    Stroke 0 / 7

    Speed1.0x

    彼かの女じょは未み来らいを占うらなうのが好すきです。

    She likes to tell fortunes.

    KMT9Daily Life
    彼かれはタロットカードで運うん勢せいを占うらなってもらった。

    He had his fortune told with tarot cards.

    KMT9Culture & Traditions
    古こ代だいの人ひと々びとは、星ほしの動うごきから未み来らいを占うらなったと言いわれている。

    It is said that ancient people divined the future from the movement of the stars.

    KMT9HistoryReligion & Philosophy
    日に本ほんのお祭まつりでは、おみくじで今こと年しの運うん勢せいを占うらなうことができます。

    At Japanese festivals, you can divine this year's fortune with an omikuji (fortune slip).

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy
    彼かれは神しん託たくによって国くにの未み来らいを占うらなう役やく割わりを担になっていた。

    He had the role of divining the future of the country through oracles.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyHistory

    Characters that make up this word

    占
    し.める・うらな.う…(4)
    fortune-telling・divining・forecasting・occupy・hold…(3)
    Kanji
    う
    u
    Kana
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