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占う

JLPT N2 · Vocabulary

占う — “to tell someone's fortune, to divine”

占う (read うらなう) means to tell someone's fortune, to divine. It appears on the JLPT N2 vocabulary list and is a verb.

Reading

うらなう

Meaning

to tell someone's fortune, to divine

占う in a sentence

運勢うんせいを占ううらなう。

To tell one's fortune.

The kanji in 占う

占fortune-telling; to occupy

Words that share a kanji with 占う

占めるしめる— to occupy, to hold, to account for

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