吉凶(きっきょう)

きっきょう
noun
good or bad luck, fortune
1. good or bad luck, fortune and misfortune
The concept of whether something will turn out well or poorly. Often used in the context of divination, fortune-telling, and traditional customs.
おみくじで吉凶(きっきょう)を占(うらな)う。
Tell one's fortune by drawing an omikuji.
吉凶(きっきょう)は分(わ)からない。
Whether it will turn out well or badly is unknown.
昔(むかし)の人(ひと)は夢(ゆめ)の内容(ないよう)で吉凶(きっきょう)を判断(はんだん)していた。
People in the past judged their fortune by the content of their dreams.

WORD FORMATION:
吉(きち) (good luck, auspicious) + 凶(きょう) (bad luck, ominous). A compound of opposites.

USAGE:
Often appears in traditional and cultural contexts: fortune slips (御神籤(おみくじ)), divination, and superstitions. The word treats fortune as a binary of good (吉(きち)) and bad (凶(きょう)).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 吉凶(きっきょう)を占(うらな)う: to divine one's fortune
  • 吉凶(きっきょう)を判断(はんだん)する: to judge fortune
  • 吉凶(きっきょう)禍福(かふく): good and bad fortune
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