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神占 (しんせん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

神しん占せん

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Meanings

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noun

Refers to the act of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown through supernatural means, often associated with Shinto or folk practices.

神しん占せんによって吉きっ凶きょうを判はん断だんする。
They judge good or bad fortune by divination.

Kanji

神gods, mind, soul
占fortune-telling, divining, forecasting

Similar words

占うらない
占い is the general term for fortune-telling or divination, while 神占 specifically implies a divine or Shinto context.

Etymology

Compound of 神 (shin, 'god, deity') and 占 (sen, 'divination, fortune-telling'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with divine divination.