占う

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 占う is read うらなう and means telling a fortune or practicing divination about the future.
• Basic usage: It is used for fortune-telling at a festival or interpreting tea-leaf shapes in a divination scene.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Who tells the fortune
  • 占ってもらった means having someone tell one's fortune. The form 占う → 占って combines with もらう, distinguishing the person performing the divination from the person receiving it.