卜ぼく者しゃ

noun

fortune teller; diviner; soothsayer

A person who practices divination, such as reading fortunes or predicting the future. Somewhat literary or formal; in everyday speech, 占い師 (うらないし) is more common.

• 古こ代だいの王おうは、戦いくさの前まえに卜ぼく者しゃに吉きっ凶きょうを占うらなわせた。

  Ancient kings had diviners tell their fortunes before battles.

• 彼かれは町まちはずれに住すむ卜ぼく者しゃを訪たずね、将しょう来らいのことを尋たずねた。

  He visited a fortune teller living on the outskirts of town and asked about his future.