Meaning

Primary

Fortune Telling

Word Type

noun

Explanation

Although this has a 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
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

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