怪しい ( = ayashii ) + 占い ( = uranai ) = fortune-telling

「あなたの未来を占いましょうか？」

= Anata no mirai wo uranaimashou ka?

= Do you want me to read your future?

Today’s word is 怪しい = あやしい= ayashii

It means suspicious, dubious, fishy or mysterious.

First, look at the picture above,

「あなたの未来を占いましょうか？」

= Anata no mirai wo uranaimashou ka?

= Do you want me to read your future?

• 未来 = mirai = future

• 占う= uranai = to tell someone’s fortune

Maggie sensei looks  怪しい= ayashii = suspicious, dubious

怪しい占い師

= ayashii uranaishi

= dubious or fishy  fortune teller

If someone showed up like this in front of you, you might think,

「怪しい！！」

= Ayashii!

= Fishy!

「何かこの店怪しいね。」

= Nanka kono mise ayashii ne.

= This store (restaurant, bar) looks shady somehow, isn’t it?

(Note : 怪しい = ayashii often used with 何か = なんか =  nanka = somehow)

「彼、なんか怪しい商売を始めたみたいだよ。」

= Kare nanka ayashii shoubai wo hajimeta mitai dayo.

= I heard he started some shady business.

We often react jokingly when we see someone or something suspicious.

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「あやしい！！」

= Ayashii!!

If you see two people out on a secret date, you could say

「あの二人、なんか、あやしい！」

= Ano futari nanka ayashii!

= Those two look somewhat suspicious (They must be dating!)

「マギー、最近、ちょっとあやしいよ！誰かとつきあってるんじゃない？」

= Maggie saikin chotto ayashii yo! Dareka to tsukiatterun ja nai?

= Maggie, you look very suspicious lately. You going out with someone, aren’t you?

In a detective show, police often ask people,

Ex. 「この辺で怪しい人をみかけませんでしたか？」

= Kono hen de ayashii hito wo mikakemasen deshitaka?

= Didn’t you see anybody suspicious around here?

When you refer to something questionable.

Ex. 「マギー先生、宿題をやりましたが、文章の作り方がまだ怪しいです。」

= Maggie Sensei shukudai wo yarimashitaga bunshou no tsukurikata ga mada ayashii desu.

= Maggie Sensei, I have done my homework, but I still don’t get how to make sentences.

雲行きが怪しい

= Kumoyuki ga ayashii.

= Cloudy with a chance of rain

You can say this line when you see it is getting cloudy and it looks like its going to rain sometime soon

「ちょっと雲行きがあやしくなってきたよ。」

= Chotto kumoyuki ga ayashiku natte ktiayo.

= It looks like it is going to rain.

or some situation has taking a dark turn or things are not looking good . It’s a bit of a dramatic phrase,but you will hear/see this in certain situation.

Ex.  どうやら雲行きが少し怪しくなってきたようだ。

= Douyara kumoyuki ga sukoshi ayashiku natte kita you da.

= It seems like the situation is getting a little questionable.

Ex. 「あの二人、最近、ちょっと雲行きがあやしいみたいだね。」

= Ano futari saikin chotto kumoyuki ga ayashii mitai dane.

= It seems like they（those two) have not been getting along lately.

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:ee: 占い = uranai = fortune-telling

So do you believe in 占い = uranai  = fortune-telling?
I can’t tell you the percentage, but many Japanese people do believe in fortune telling to some extent.

Some of you might have seen my superstitious lessons before.

迷信( = meishin) & 縁起( = engi) Japanese superstitions

Japanese people could be very superstitious.

Many magazines have 占い = uranai = fortune-telling section.

And there are a lot of places where you can have your fortune read.

•占い師  = uranaishi =a  fortune teller

•占いが当たる = uranai ga ataru = accurate fortune-telling

•占いが外れる= uranai ga hazureru = inaccurate fortune-telling

I will give you a list of main stream fortune-telling related vocabulary in Japanese.
First,

★星占い = hoshiuranai = Astrology
the one which came from Western world is called 西洋占星術 = seiyou senseijutsu = Western Astrology 

ホロスコープ = horosukoupu = Horoscope

•牡羊座 = ohitsujiza= Aries

•牡牛座 = oushiza = Taurus

•双子座 = futagoza= Gemini

•蟹座 = kaniza= Cancer

•獅子座 = shishiza= Leo

•乙女座 = otomeza= Virgo

•天秤座 = tenbinza=  Libra

•蠍座 = sasoriza= Scorpio

•射手座= iteza = Sagittarius

•山羊座 = yagiza= Capricorn

•水瓶座 = mizugameza= Aquarius

•魚座 = uoza= Pisces

Ex. 牡羊座生まれ = ohitujiza umare = Arian

★四柱推命 = Shichuu suimei=Four Pillar astrology, fortune-telling based on the time

★タロット占い = Tarrotto uranai = fortune-telling

★風水 = fuusui = feng shui

Not so many but some people are trying to adopt some of the feng shui ideas in their lives.
Like owning a yellow wallet will bring you fortune. Or having something yellow in the east direction brings you fortune,etc.

★血液型占い= ketsuekigata uranai = fortune telling based on one’s blood type

This is another popular one. You can check out my 血液型 = ketsuekigata = Blood type lesson.

★手相= tesou = palm reading

Ex. 手相をみてもらう。

= tesou wo mite morau

= to have someone read your palm

The main lines:

•感情線 = kanjousen = emotion line, heart line

•運命線 =unmeisen = destiny line

•生命線 =seimeisen = life line

Ex. 「わっ！マギーの生命線長いね！長生きするよ！」

= Wah! Maggie no seimeisen nagai ne! Nagaiki suruyo!

= Wow! Your life line is long, Maggie. You are going to have a long life!

•頭脳線 = chinousen = brain line

•結婚線 = kekkonsen = marriage line

★姓名判断= seimei handan = fortune-telling based on the writing or pronunciation of one’s name.

Many parents give a name to their baby based on this type of fortune-telling. They count the stroke of the kanji and sum it up and see the balance with the family name.
Thus when woman get married in Japan they change their family name. So their luck also changes according to this fortune-telling. Since we can’t change their name on the  official family registration easily, they just change the name in daily use to avoid the bad luck.

Other fortune-telling related words:

•運勢 = unsei = luck

•Ex. 運勢をみてもらう

= Unsei wo mite morau

= to have someone read your fortune

•いい運勢 = ii unsei = good fortune

運勢がいい = unsei ga ii = to have a good fortune

•悪い運勢  = warui unsei = bad fortune

運勢が悪い = unsei ga warui = to have bad fortune

Ex. 運勢が上がる = unsei ga agaru = fortune improves

Ex. 運勢が下がる = unsei ga sagaru = fortune declines

•運命= unmei = destiny

In fortune-telling, we often use these words.

:w: 〜運 = うん =  ~ un = fortune/luck for ~

Ex. 私は男運が悪い。

= Watashi wa otokoun ga warui.

= I have bad luck when it comes to men.

★結婚運 = kekkonun = marriage prediction

★恋愛運 = reiaiun = luck in love

Ex. 私は恋愛運がいい。

= Watashi wa reiaiun ga ii.

= I am lucky in love.

★仕事運 = shigoto un = luck in career

★金運 = kinun = luck in money

★全体運 = zentaiun = general luck

So have you ever had someone read your paws, uh, I mean palms? Mine are very simple.

マギー先生より = Maggie Sensei yori = From Maggie Sensei

このサイトに来てくれた皆さんの日本語運は最高によくなると出ています。

= Kono saito ni kite kureta minasan no nihongoun wa saikou ni yoku naruto dete imasu.
= I can see “the Japanese learning luck” of all the people who have visited this site will improve drastically.

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