JinmeiyōPre-Level 1
卜
Meaning
Kanji 卜
divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
divination or katakana to radical (no. 25), divining, fortune-telling
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Example sentences
5 reference sentences
古代の人々は骨を焼いて卜った。
people in ancient times divined by burning bones.
旅に出る前に吉日を卜う。
before setting out, he divines an auspicious day.
彼は卜いの結果を静かに語った。
he calmly told the result of the divination.
王は戦の前に卜って方角を決めた。
the king divined before the battle and decided the direction.
村では大事なことを卜で決める習わしがあった。
in that village, important matters were decided by divination.
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