花占い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
花 占
はな
Grade: 1 		うらな
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Examples

来る、来ない、来る… (kuru, konai, kuru…, “she’ll come, she won’t, she’ll come…”)

Etymology

From 花 (hana, “flower”) +‎ 占い (uranai, “foretelling”, from the stem of 占う (uranau, “to foretell”)).

Noun

花(はな)占(うらな)い • (hanauranai) 

  1. foretelling based on the outcome of picking petals off a flower, similar to the game of "he loves me, he loves me not"
    Synonym: 花弁占い (hanabirauranai)
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