lottery; lot; raffle; draw
lottery run by a temple or shrine
short end of the stick; short straw; unlucky number; blank; bad bargain
to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine); omikuji
lottery; raffle; drawing (of lots); balloting
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine); omikuji
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
winning a prize (in a lottery, raffle, etc.)
luck in lotteries; luck in raffles
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
blank (ticket); unsuccessful lottery ticket
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine); omikuji
winning ticket; lucky number
ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner
slip (of paper); tag (usu. bamboo, wood, ivory, etc.); label
winning ticket; lucky number
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine); omikuji
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine); omikuji
branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as an offering); sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica)
football pool; soccer lottery
winning ticket (in a lottery, etc.)
scratchcard; scratch ticket; scratch-and-win
first prize in a private lottery
tube for shaking and dispensing lottery sticks