御御籤

Japanese

Kanji in this term
御	御	籤
お Grade: S	み Grade: S	くじ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
御神籤御神鬮おみくじ

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おみくじ [òmíkújí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [o̞mʲikɯ̟ᵝʑi]

Noun

御(お)御(み)籤(くじ) • (omikuji)

a random fortune, often written on a strip of paper or on a stick of bamboo, available at Japanese shrines in exchange for a small offering
おみくじを引(ひ)いたら大吉(だいきち)/凶(きょう)と出(で)た。
Omikuji o hiitara daikichi / kyō to deta.
The fortune /sacred lot he drew predicted very good/bad luck.

Usage notes

Often seen written all in hiragana, in part due to the complexity and rarity of the last kanji character.

See also

大(だい)吉(きち) (daikichi, “very good luck”)
吉(きち) (kichi, “good luck”)
小(しょう)吉(きち) (shōkichi, “not so good luck”)
末(すえ)吉(きち) (suekichi, “good luck in the future”)
凶(きょう) (kyō, “bad luck”)
御御籤 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
O-mikuji on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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