The general outline for fortunes for the slips of paper is daikichi (excellent luck), kichi (good luck), chukichi (moderate luck),shokichi (a little lucky), kyo (bad luck), (and sometimes more including daikichi, kichi, chukichi, shokichi, hankichi (half luck), suekichi (good luck in the future), sueshokichi (small good luck in future), kyo, kokyo (a little bad luck), hankyo (half bad luck), suekyo (bad luck in future), daikyo (very bad luck).
紙片には運勢の概要が「大吉・吉・中吉・小吉・凶」など（多い所では「大吉・吉・中吉・小吉・半吉・末吉・末小吉・凶・小凶・半凶・末凶・大凶」など。