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フォーチュン (foochun) Japanese meaning: fortune | Kotomora

フォーチュン

ふぉ

ー

ちゅ

ん

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Meanings

1

Katakana word for 'fortune,' especially in foreign-style names, titles, products, and compounds related to luck or divination. For ordinary everyday Japanese, 運 or 運勢 is often more natural.

フォーチュンクッキーを割わると、中なかから小ちいさな紙

かみ

が

出で

て

き

た

。

When I broke open the fortune cookie, a small slip of paper came out.

占うらないアプリの「今日きょうのフォーチュン」を毎まい朝あさチェックしている。

I check the fortune-telling app's 'Today's Fortune' every morning.

Related words

運うんN3
運 is the everyday Japanese word for luck or fortune, while フォーチュン is a katakana loanword used mainly in foreign-style names and product titles.
運うん勢せい
運勢 refers to one's fortune as told through horoscopes or divination, whereas フォーチュン is a borrowed word rarely used in ordinary speech.

Word family

ミスフォーチュン
misfortune
フォーチュンテラー
fortune-teller
フォーチュンクッキー
fortune cookie

Etymology

A katakana foreign-style word corresponding to 'fortune'; no specific borrowing information is specified.