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jmdict 1621980 Active (id: 2293154)
卜する
ぼくする
1. [vs-s,vt]
▶ to tell (a person's) fortune
▶ to divine
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 1521450 卜【ぼく】 1. divining; telling a fortune; predicting
2. [vs-s,vt]
▶ to choose
▶ to settle upon (a place to live)
▶ to fix (one's residence)

Conjugations


History:
2. A 2024-03-02 05:18:06  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2024-03-02 02:16:16  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
[vt]: smk, meikyo, etc.

Kokugos have two senses. The examples make it sound like the second is always used in the context of choosing a residence / a place to live.
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
@@ -14 +15,4 @@
-<gloss>to fix</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&vs-s;</pos>
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
@@ -15,0 +20,2 @@
+<gloss>to settle upon (a place to live)</gloss>
+<gloss>to fix (one's residence)</gloss>

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