Meaning
占い (うらない, uranai) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “divination; fortunetelling”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 12
彼女は占いが好きでたまに見てもらう
She likes fortune telling, so she occasionally goes to have her fortune told.
私は占いを信じません。
I don't believe in fortune telling.
私は良い占いだけを信じます。
I only believe good fortunes.
トランプ占いをしてあげましょう。
Let me tell you your fortune with cards.
昨日の易者の占いなんか気にすることないよ。
What that fortuneteller said yesterday is nothing to be concerned about.
星占いによると彼女と僕はあまり相性がよくないようだ。
According to the stars, she and I aren't supposed to have much chemistry between us.
彼は雑誌を開くと、たいていまず自分の星占いを読みます。
When he opens a magazine, he will usually read his horoscope first.
私たちはその星占い師に2人の相性を恐る恐る聞いてみた。
We nervously asked the horoscopist about compatibility between us.
うちのお姉ちゃんさぁ、星占いを見ないことには一日が始まらないのよ。
My sister can't start the day without reading her horoscope.
「よき理解力、明晰な判断力に優れ、神仏など偶像を軽視し、占いは一切信じない。」
He has the ability to understand and judge clearly, disregarded idols such as Shinto and Buddhist deities and does not believe in fortune-telling.'
いわゆる性格判断などはそういった側面もあるが、更に広く通俗的な分野では、特定の誰かとの相性を知ろうという占いも盛んである。
While so-called personality judgments have such an aspect, fortune-telling to learn compatibility with a particular person is also thriving in the even broader popular sphere.
占いは必ずしも理知的ではない論理に基づいた、言い換えればあやふやなものではあるが、娯楽としての要素もあり、大衆に親しまれている。
The fortune-telling is based on a theory which is not necessarily logical, which is to say unreliable; however, it has an aspect as an entertainment and it is popular among people.