占う

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Japanese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • 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 うらなう
Imperative (命令形) 占え うらなえ
Key constructions
Passive 占われる うらなわれる
Causative 占わせる うらなわせる
Potential 占える うらなえる
Volitional 占おう うらなおー
Negative 占わない うらなわない
Negative perfective 占わなかった うらなわなかった
Formal 占います うらないます
Perfective 占った うらなった
Conjunctive 占って うらなって
Hypothetical conditional 占えば うらなえば

Verb

占(うらな)う • (uranau) ←うらなふ (uranafu)?transitive godan (stem 占(うらな)い (uranai), past 占(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:
      亀(き)卜(ぼく)で運(うん)命(めい)を占(うらな)う
      Kiboku de unmei o uranau
      to use tortoise-shell to tell one's fortune

Conjugation

Conjugation of "占う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 占わ うらなわ uranawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 占い うらない uranai
Shūshikei ("terminal") 占う うらなう uranau
Rentaikei ("attributive") 占う うらなう uranau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 占え うらなえ uranae
Meireikei ("imperative") 占え うらなえ uranae
Key constructions
Passive 占われる うらなわれる uranawareru
Causative 占わせる
占わす 		うらなわせる
うらなわす 		uranawaseru
uranawasu
Potential 占える うらなえる uranaeru
Volitional 占おう うらなおう uranaō
Negative 占わない うらなわない uranawanai
Negative continuative 占わず うらなわず uranawazu
Formal 占います うらないます uranaimasu
Perfective 占った うらなった uranatta
Conjunctive 占って うらなって uranatte
Hypothetical conditional 占えば うらなえば uranaeba

References

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