Fortune Telling Slips in Different Languages

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Fortune Telling Slips in Different Languages

Omikuji are slips of paper that predict your future. Recently, Shinto shrines are popular among foreigners visiting Japan and more and more omikuji are written in a variety of different languages. Shrines have been working on ways to help visitors gain an understanding of Japanese culture.

おみくじは
Omikuji wa/ha
omikuji
未来みらい
mirai o/wo
(your) future
うらな
uranau
(that) predict
かみ
kami
(slips of) paper
です。
desu.
are
最近さいきん
Saikin wa/ha
recently
日本にほん
Nihon o/wo
Japan
おとずれる
otozureru
visiting
外国人がいこくじん
gaikokujin
foreigners
あいだ
no aida de
among
神社じんじゃ
jinja ga
Shinto shrines
人気にんきで、
ninki de,
are popular and
いろいろな
iroirona
a variety of different
言語げんご
gengo
languages
de
in
かれた
kakareta
are written
おみくじが
omikuji ga
omikuji
えました。
fuemashita.
more and more
神社じんじゃでは
Jinja dewa/ha
shrines
訪問者ほうもんしゃ
houmonsha ni
visitors
日本文化にほんぶんか
Nihon’bunka o/wo
Japanese culture
理解りかいしてもらう
rikai shite morau
to help gain (an) understanding (of)
工夫くふう
kufuu o/wo
ways
しています。
shite imasu.
have been working on

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