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易断 (えきだん, ekidan) Japanese meaning: divination | Kotomora

易えき断だん

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Meanings

1

divination; fortunetelling

Refers to the practice of divination or fortunetelling, often using the I Ching or similar methods.

彼かれは易えき断だんで将しょう来らいを占うらなった。
He divined the future through fortunetelling.

Kanji

易easy, ready to, simple
断severance, decline, refuse

Related words

占うらない
占い is a broader, more common term for fortunetelling or divination, while 易断 specifically implies a method based on the I Ching or similar classical divination.

Etymology

Compound of 易 (えき, 'divination, I Ching') and 断 (だん, 'judgment, decision'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is conventionally associated with divination practices.