占う (うらなう, uranau) Japanese meaning: tell a fortune | KotomoraCommon word›JLPTN3›Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000占う · godan verb (-u)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
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| Dictionary | 占う | 占わない |
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| Polite | 占います | 占いません |
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| Past polite | 占いました | 占いませんでした |
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| Past | 占った | 占わなかった |
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| Te-form | 占って | 占わないで |
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| Desire | 占いたい | 占いたくない |
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| Potential | 占える | 占えない |
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| Passive | 占われる | 占われない |
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| Causative | 占わせる | 占わせない |
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| 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 |
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| Volitional | 占おう | |
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| Polite volitional | 占いましょう | |
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| Imperative | 占え | 占うな |
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| Conditional | 占えば | 占わなければ |
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| Tara conditional | 占ったら | 占わなかったら |
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She is good at telling fortunes by palm reading.
I had a fortune-teller divine my luck for this year.
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.
dream fortune-telling; oneiromancy
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astrology; horoscope
hydromancy; water divination
flower fortune-telling; daisy oracle
Onmyōdō astrology; nine-star astrology
physiognomy; face reading
palm reading; palmistry
dowsing; water divining
