占う

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
うらな
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
卜う

Etymology[edit]

From either (うら) (ura, back, inside) or (うら) (ura, heart, by extension, "inner feelings"), and なふ (nau, verb modifier).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "占う"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
占う らな [ùránáꜜù]
Imperative (命令形) 占え らな [ùránáꜜè]
Key constructions
Passive 占われる らなわれ [ùránáwáréꜜrù]
Causative 占わせる らなわせ [ùránáwáséꜜrù]
Potential 占える らなえ [ùránáéꜜrù]
Volitional 占おう らなお [ùránáóꜜò]
Negative 占わない らなわない [ùránáwáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 占わなかった らなわなかった [ùránáwáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 占います らないま [ùránáímáꜜsù]
Perfective 占った らなった [ùránáꜜttà]
Conjunctive 占って らなって [ùránáꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 占えば らなえば [ùránáꜜèbà]

Verb[edit]

(うらな) (uranauうらなふ (uranafu)?transitive godan (stem (うらな) (uranai), past (うらな)った (uranatta))

  1. tell someone's fortune, divine
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      ()(ぼく)(うん)(めい)(うらな)
      Kiboku de unmei o uranau
      to use tortoise-shell to tell one's fortune

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN