占

Meaning

占 centers on the idea of claiming or reading something: physically occupying a space or holding a position, and metaphorically divining or forecasting by interpreting signs. The fortune-telling sense is an extension of taking a reading or seizing meaning from symbols.

• 占めるしめる
  N3

  to occupy; to hold

• 独占どくせん
  N1

  monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity

• 占いうらない
  N3

  fortune-telling; divination

• 占領せんりょう
  N1

  occupying; having (an area) all to oneself

• 占拠せんきょ

  occupation; taking and maintaining exclusive control (of a location)

• 占い師うらないし
  N1

  diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer

• 占有せんゆう

  possession; occupation; occupancy

• 独り占めひとりじめ
  N1

  hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing

• 占ううらなう
  N3

  to tell someone's fortune; to divine (the future)

• 買い占めかいしめ

  buying up of goods; cornering (market)

• 占星術せんせいじゅつ

  astrology

• 占地しめじ

  Lyophyllum shimeji (species of edible mushroom)

• 寡占かせん

  oligopoly; control of a market

• 買い占めるかいしめる
  N1

  to buy up

• 星占いほしうらない

  astrology; horoscope

• 独占的どくせんてき

  monopolistic; exclusive

• 市場占有率しじょうせんゆうりつ

  market share

• 占領下せんりょうか
  N1

  being under military occupation

• 独占欲どくせんよく
  N1

  possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control

• ひとり占いひとりうらない

  divining one's own fortune

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