1.
to tell fortunes, to divine
To predict the future using various methods.
運勢を占う。
To tell someone's fortune.
手相で占う。
To tell fortunes by reading palms.
将来を占ってもらった。
I had my future told.
タロットカードで今日の運勢を占った。
I used tarot cards to tell today's fortune.
友達に恋愛を占ってもらったら、いい結果が出た。
When my friend told my love fortune, I got a good result.
占う means to divine or predict through fortune-telling methods.
TRANSITIVITY:
- Type: 他動詞 (transitive)
- Takes を: 運勢を占う (to divine one's fortune)
COMMON PATTERNS:
- Xを占う: to tell/divine X
- Xで占う: to divine using X (method)
- 占ってもらう: to have one's fortune told
TYPES OF FORTUNE-TELLING:
- 星占い / 占星術: astrology
- 手相占い: palm reading
- タロット占い: tarot reading
- 血液型占い: blood type fortune-telling
RELATED WORDS:
- 占い: fortune-telling (noun)
- 占い師: fortune-teller
- 当たる: to come true (for predictions)