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Keyword
fortune-telling
Info
FrequencyTop 1200-1300
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 4
Heisig49
Readings
せん
(42%)
し
(17%)
じ
(7%)
Composed of
⺊
divining rod
口
mouth
Mnemonic

One of the more ridiculous methods of fortune-telling involves dangling a divining rod over your mouth and trying to predict the future based on how it wiggles.

Used in kanji (13 in total)
点
point
店
shop
粘
sticky
貼
stick on
9 more...
Used in vocabulary (151 in total)
to account for; to make up; to occupy (a place, position, etc.); to hold (a rank, seat, etc.); to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.); to weigh (on one's mind)
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
148 more...
Examples (78 in total)
She believes in fortune-telling completely.
For some reason, that smile has been occupying my mind since that day.
Voices of anxiety account for the majority.
What occupies the space against the north wall is a bed.
For a brief moment, silence filled the room.
His appearance, his voice, and everything about him occupied her heart.
That corner was already occupied by a group of people who appeared to be newspaper club members.
Muscles make up a large portion of the human body weight, after all.
The only thing occupying my mind is regret.
Once you enter society, work takes up most of your life.
When you buy snacks, you might just hog them all to yourself.
With technology of this magnitude, one could generate tremendous profits if it were monopolized.
I'm not going to hog the food in a place like this.
They have been monopolizing the championship for nearly fifteen years now.
I want to keep the person I love all to myself.
Because monopolizing technology will create many enemies.
Now I can have the TV all to myself for as long as I want.
In other words, the second floor is occupied by the two girls.
It seems that every mansion is occupied by soldiers of the royal army.
Occupation is surely not the objective.
Thanks to our report, the army will probably take this city!
When I entered the classroom, my desk was occupied as usual.
There are also reports that it has already been occupied.
There's no way we can abandon the town we went to all that trouble to occupy!
The students occupied the school building.
At the very least, we must maintain a monopoly until the brand is established.
Medical ones seem to make up the majority.
They are aiming for a monopoly on archaeological excavations.
Don't you want to have it all to yourself?
I intend to have it all to myself.
I've already given up on hogging it, though.
In recent years, two anxieties have occupied his mind.
Japan occupies a major position in the world economy.
He occupies a prominent position in the firm.
They make up about 12.5 percent of the total population.
Sometimes reading took up half his time.
Work is a very important part of life in the United States.
Don't let the children monopolize the television.
He has the large room to himself.
He was opposed to monopolies.
He keeps the room to himself.
She has the large house to herself.
This desk takes up too much room.
The city was soon occupied by the soldiers.
The enemy occupied the fort.
Books occupy most of his room.
Water makes up most of the earth's surface.
The soldiers occupied the building.
We took a good place to see the parade.
He has this large room to himself.
She has this big room all to herself.
She had the large room to herself.
I'm having my fortune told by a popular fortune-teller right now.
The armed forces occupied the entire territory.
Land occupies the minor portion of the earth's surface.
Tom is possessive.
The city was taken by the English in 1664.
I had my fortune told.
She had the hotel suite to herself.
The rebels have captured the broadcasting station.
The company has a monopoly on the nation's tobacco business.
Have you read your horoscope today?
When he opens a magazine, he will usually read his horoscope first.
Are you interested in astrology?
I look at my horoscope every day.
I check my horoscope every day.
I read my horoscope every day.
My younger sister can't start her day until she's read her horoscope.
Once you get the taste for gambling, it's hard to give it up.
She has a large room all to herself.
Advertising makes up about 7% of this company's expenses.
We have the exclusive right to sell them.
Foreign workers make up 30% of his company.
What's the difference between astronomy and astrology?
I like astrology.
Postal services are a government monopoly.
Though he long dominated the steel industry, he never achieved a complete monopoly.
Chemical products account for approximately two-thirds of our exports.