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 |
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.
彼女は手相で運勢を占うのが得意だ。
She is good at telling fortunes by palm reading.
占い師に今年の運勢を占ってもらった。
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.
専門家が来年の経済成長を占う。
Experts predict next year's economic growth.
このデータから将来の傾向を占うことができる。
From this data, we can forecast future trends.
The fortune-teller read her fortune for the year.
He had his future told using tarot cards.
Reading one's palm to divine fate is an age-old method.
The expert predicted the election results based on the data.
dream fortune-telling; oneiromancy
love fortune-telling