占い Fortune Telling

Meaning

Primary

Fortune Telling

Word Type

noun

Explanation

Although this has a い on the end it's tricky and not an adjective. The kanji is fortune, and the vocab word is fortune telling.

Reading

うらない

Explanation

I'm going to do some fortune telling on you... hmmm... I see... ohhhh... Looks like you'll be living on Uranus (うらな) in your near future, that will be $50. What a dumb fortune telling for $50, you definitely won't be living there, unless he meant your butt, then maybe.

Context

Context Sentences

占いは、良いことだけ信じるようにしています。

I try to believe only in the good things from fortune telling.

占いで、今週は毎朝六時にラジオを掛けるように言われたから、五時五十五分に目覚まし時計を掛けているんです。

Fortune telling told me to turn on the radio at six every morning this week, so I set my alarm for 5:55.

星占いによると、フグと私ってあまり相性が良くないみたいなんだよね。

According to the stars, Fugu and I aren’t supposed to have so much chemistry between us.

Kanji Composition

1. 占

   せん Fortune