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卜占
卜占
Chinese
| to divine; foretell; turnip | to divine | ||
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simp. and trad. (卜占) |
卜 | 占 | |
| anagram | 占卜 | ||
Verb
卜占
Noun
卜占
- augury; divination; scrying; fortune-telling, particularly using trigrams
- fortune or prophecy so told
See also
- (not to be confused with) 占卜 (zhānbǔ)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 卜 | 占 |
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ぼく Jinmeiyō |
せん Grade: S |
| on'yomi | |
Etymology
Sinitic. Date of borrowing unknown. Compare modern Chinese 卜占 (bǔzhān).
Pronunciation
Noun
卜占 (hiragana ぼくせん, romaji bokusen)
- augury, divination, scrying, fortune-telling, particularly using trigrams
- a fortune or prophecy so told
Derived terms
- 卜占官 (bokusenkan): a public augur or fortuneteller in ancient Rome
- 卜占術 (bokusenjutsu): divination technique
Synonyms
Verb
卜占する (hiragana ぼくせんする, romaji bokusen suru)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "卜占する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
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| Imperfective (未然形) | 卜占し | ぼくせんし | bokusen shi | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 卜占し | ぼくせんし | bokusen shi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 卜占する | ぼくせんする | bokusen suru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 卜占する | ぼくせんする | bokusen suru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 卜占すれ | ぼくせんすれ | bokusen sure | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 卜占せよ¹ 卜占しろ² |
ぼくせんせよ¹ ぼくせんしろ² |
bokusen seyo¹ bokusen shiro² |
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| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 卜占される | ぼくせんされる | bokusen sareru | |
| Causative | 卜占させる 卜占さす |
ぼくせんさせる ぼくせんさす |
bokusen saseru bokusen sasu |
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| Potential | 卜占できる | ぼくせんできる | bokusen dekiru | |
| Volitional | 卜占しよう | ぼくせんしよう | bokusen shiyō | |
| Negative | 卜占しない | ぼくせんしない | bokusen shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 卜占せず | ぼくせんせず | bokusen sezu | |
| Formal | 卜占します | ぼくせんします | bokusen shimasu | |
| Perfective | 卜占した | ぼくせんした | bokusen shita | |
| Conjunctive | 卜占して | ぼくせんして | bokusen shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 卜占すれば | ぼくせんすれば | bokusen sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
Synonyms
See also
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Divination on Wikipedia.Wikipedia