I Love Kanji占う (uranau)
占う (うらなう, uranau) is a Japanese verb meaning “to tell someone's fortune; to divine (the future)”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- うらなう
- Romaji
- uranau
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to tell someone's fortune; to divine (the future) · godan verb, transitive
- to predict; to forecast · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 占う
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 占う | うらなう uranau |
| Polite (~masu) | 占います | うらないます uranaimasu |
| Negative | 占わない | うらなわない uranawanai |
| Polite negative | 占いません | うらないません uranaimasen |
| Past | 占った | うらなった uranatta |
| Polite past | 占いました | うらないました uranaimashita |
| Negative past | 占わなかった | うらなわなかった uranawanakatta |
| Te-form | 占って | うらなって uranatte |
| Potential | 占える | うらなえる uranaeru |
| Passive | 占われる | うらなわれる uranawareru |
| Causative | 占わせる | うらなわせる uranawaseru |
| Volitional | 占おう | うらなおう uranaou |
| Imperative | 占え | うらなえ uranae |
| Conditional (~ba) | 占えば | うらなえば uranaeba |
Kanji in 占う
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 占う.
Source: JMdict entry 1389430 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.