占うら屋や算さん

noun

divination using rods or sticks

Specifically refers to a method of divination carried out with divination rods or sticks. Rare term; likely encountered only in historical or esoteric contexts.

See also: 占い

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんには、占うら屋や算さんという棒ぼうを使つかった占うらないの記き述じゅつがある。

  Old documents contain descriptions of a divination method called urayasan that uses sticks.

noun

diviner (using rods or sticks)

A person who practices the specific rod/stick divination method. Extremely rare; the term is not in common use.

• その村むらでは、占うら屋や算さんと呼よばれる占うらない師しが棒ぼうを使つかって吉きっ凶きょうを占うらなっていた。

  In that village, a diviner called urayasan used sticks to tell fortunes.