運勢|うんせいunsei[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounfortune; luck
   私は運勢うんせいを占うらなってもらった。↗

   I had my fortune told.

• Synonym運うんNeutralLuck in general and the broadest term, as in 「運がいい」; 「運勢」 is the trend of one's good and bad luck, often used in fortune-telling.
• Synonym運気うんきNeutralLuck or fortune, as in 「運気が上がる」; common in talk of boosting one's luck, and also covers rises and falls in fortune.
• Related運命うんめいNeutralFate beyond human control, also how things will turn out, as in 「運命を変える」; weightier than 「運勢」.
• Related宿命しゅくめいNeutralFate fixed before birth, with a tragic shade; 「運勢」 can rise and fall from one period to the next.
• Related命運めいうんNeutralFate riding on survival or ruin, as in 「会社の命運」, stressing the critical moment of success or failure; 「運勢」 is personal good or bad luck.
• Related定めさだめNeutralA native word for a rule or arrangement, also what is destined; often 「〜の定め」. 「運勢」 is the trend of one's luck.
• Related天命てんめいWrittenWritten/formal prose: heaven's decree, also one's lifespan, as in 「人事を尽くして天命を待つ」; 「運勢」 is the trend of one's luck.
• Related天運てんうんWrittenWritten/formal prose: fate decreed by heaven, stressing heaven's will; 「運勢」 is one's personal trend of good and bad luck.
• Related回り合わせまわりあわせNeutralThe chance that comes one's way naturally, stressing coincidence; 「運勢」 is the overall trend of one's luck.
• Related宿縁しゅくえんWrittenWritten/formal prose with a Buddhist color: karma formed in a past life; 「運勢」 is the trend of luck in this life.
• Related天意てんいWrittenWritten/formal prose: the will of heaven or the gods, stressing divine intent; 「運勢」 is one's personal trend of good and bad luck.
• Related命数めいすうWrittenWritten/formal prose: one's lifespan or allotted days, also fate, as in 「命数が尽きる」; leans toward length of life.
• Related宿世しゅくせWrittenBuddhist and archaic: one's previous existence, also predestined fate; in everyday speech say 「運命」.
• Related宿運しゅくうんWrittenWritten/formal prose and fairly rare: fate one is born with and cannot change; 「運勢」 can rise and fall.
• Related巡り合わせめぐりあわせNeutralChance or a lucky coincidence, stressing happenstance; 「運勢」 is the overall trend of good and bad luck.

Use 「運勢」 for the trend of a person's good and bad luck, as in 「今日の運勢」「運勢を占う」. For luck in general pick 「運」, for one's life destiny 「運命」, and for what is predetermined 「宿命」.

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1. その人ひとに備そなわっている幸さち不幸ふこうの巡り合めぐりあわせ。