Akisutozeneko
Akisutozeneko (Japanese: あきすとぜねこの or アキストゼネコ) is a love fortune telling used mainly by girls in the Showa period.[1]
Each character in the name of this fortune-telling method is associated with a word: a for aishiteiru ("to love"), ki for kirai ("to dislike"), su for suki ("to like"), to for tomodachi ("friend"), ze for zekkō ("break up"), ne for netsuretsu ("passionate"), and ko for koibito ("lover"). These initials form the name Akisutozeneko.
Rules
Akisutozeneko is performed by changing the letters of the names of a couple into numbers.
- All vowels and the character ん (n) are first changed into numbers (a=1, i=2, u=3, e=4, o=5, n=1). For example:
- 俗語太郎 → ぞくごたろう → Zokugo Tarō (where ō is made up of o+u) = 535153
- 辞書花美 → じしょはなみ → Jisho Hanami = 223112 ("small" hiragana such as the one added to shi to make sho are not used for this fortune telling method)
- Any resulting multiple numbers are separated and added together.
- 俗語太郎 → ぞくごたろう → Zokugo Tarō = 535153 = 5+5+5 = 15
- 辞書花美 → じしょはなみ → Jisho Hanami = 223112 = 2+2+2 = 6
- Now each number has an associated character:
- 1 = あ (a)
- 2 = き (ki)
- 3 = す (su)
- 4 = と (to)
- 5 = ぜ (ze)
- 6 = ね (ne)
- 7 = こ (ko)
- 8 = あ (a)
- 9 = き (ki), etc.
- Zokugo Tarō being 15, he will be ね (ne).
- Jisho Hanami is 6, which is also ne.
- A word is then associated with the character according to the table below:
| Character | Word associated with character |
|---|---|
| あ (a) | Love (愛している, aishiteiru) |
| き (ki) | Dislike (嫌い, kirai) |
| す (su) | Like (好き, suki) |
| と (to) | Friend (友達, tomodachi) |
| ぜ (ze) | Break up (絶交, zekkō) |
| ね (ne) | Passionate (熱中, netsuretsu) |
| こ (ko) | Lover (恋人, koibito) |
- Therefore, their fortune together is "passionate".
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References
- あきすとぜねこ – 日本語俗語辞書 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 11 March 2008. Retrieved 2 March 2008.
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