卜ぼく筮ぜい

noun

divination; fortunetelling

Archaic or literary term for divination, especially using tortoise shells and yarrow stalks in ancient Chinese tradition. In modern Japanese, 占い (うらない) is the common word.

• 古こ代だい中ちゅう国ごくでは、卜ぼく筮ぜいによって国くにの大だい事じを決きめた。

  In ancient China, they decided important state matters by divination.