占う
占う · godan verb (-u)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 占う | 占わない |
| Polite | 占います | 占いません |
| Past polite | 占いました | 占いませんでした |
| Past | 占った | 占わなかった |
| Te-form | 占って | 占わないで |
| Desire | 占いたい | 占いたくない |
| Potential | 占える | 占えない |
| Passive | 占われる | 占われない |
| Causative | 占わせる | 占わせない |
| Causative passive | 占わせられるalso 占わされる | 占わせられないalso 占わされない |
| Volitional | 占おう | |
| Polite volitional | 占いましょう | |
| Imperative | 占え | 占うな |
| Conditional | 占えば | 占わなければ |
| Tara conditional | 占ったら | 占わなかったら |
Meanings
godan verb (-u), transitive verb
tell a fortune; divine the future
Used for fortune-telling, divination, or reading someone's fate, often through methods like palm reading, tarot, or astrology.
She is good at telling fortunes by palm reading.
I had a fortune-teller divine my luck for this year.
godan verb (-u), transitive verb
Used for predicting outcomes or trends based on analysis, data, or intuition, not necessarily supernatural methods.
Experts predict next year's economic growth.
From this data, we can forecast future trends.
Usage patterns
- 〈事〉の運勢を占うto tell someone's fortune or luck
The fortune-teller read her fortune for the year.
- 未来を占うto divine or foretell the future
He had his future told using tarot cards.
- 〈物〉で占うto use a particular method or tool to divine something
Reading one's palm to divine fate is an age-old method.
- 〈事〉の結果を占うto predict the outcome of something
The expert predicted the election results based on the data.