noun
yearly divination; New Year fortune-telling
Traditional Japanese practice of divining the year's fortune, especially crop prospects, often performed at New Year. Also known as 年見.
See also: 年見
昔の農村では、年占でその年の豊凶を占った。
In old farming villages, they used to divine the year's harvest through toshiura.
年占は、年見とも呼ばれる正月の行事だ。
Toshiura, also called toshimi, is a New Year ritual.