Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verblottery; raffle; drawing (of lots); balloting

Nounlottery · lottery ticket

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verblottery; drawn lot

Nounthin strip of bamboo

Nounslip (of paper) · tag (usu. bamboo, wood, ivory, etc.); label

Nounfirst prize in a private lottery

Nounbranch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as an offering) · sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica)

Nounfortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)

Nounthin strip of bamboo

Nounfortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine); omikuji

Nounlottery ticket

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbwinning a prize (in a lottery, raffle, etc.)

Nounblank (ticket); unsuccessful lottery ticket

Nounelimination by lottery

Nounluck in lotteries; luck in raffles

Nounlottery run by a temple or shrine

Nounwinning ticket (in a lottery, etc.)

Nountube for shaking and dispensing lottery sticks

Nounshort end of the stick; short straw; unlucky number; blank; bad bargain

Nounprizewinner

Nounghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner

Nounwinning ticket; lucky number

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'ku' endingto draw lots

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'bu' endingto choose by lot

Nounfootball pool; soccer lottery

Nounscratchcard; scratch ticket; scratch-and-win

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'ku' endingto get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain