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呪い

咒い

Reading

Kana: まじない
Romaji: majinai
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Definition

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charm; incantation; spell; magic formula

Kanji

Readings: ジュ、 シュ、 シュウ、 ズ、 まじな.う、 のろ.い、 まじな.い、 のろ.う
Meanings: spell, curse, charm, malediction
Readings: ジュ、 シュ、 シュウ、 まじな.う、 のろ.い、 まじない、 のろ.う
Meanings: spell, curse, malediction

Example Sentences

のろいはのろい(おも)(かえ)る。
➥Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
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最初(さいしょ)戦争(せんそう)(おも)いついた(もの)(まじな)いあれ。
➥Cursed be he that first invented war.
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その家族(かぞく)には(のろ)いがかけられているようだった。
➥The family seemed to be under a curse.
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(かれ)はのろいの言葉(ことば)をつぶやいた。
➥He muttered a curse.
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(のろ)いはひな(どり)のようにねぐらに(もど)ってくる。
➥Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
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おまじないって()うのはね、(おんな)()()きな(ひと)(むす)ばれるように(ねがい)をかけたりすることだよ。
➥What you call a 'charm', you know, is what girls wish upon that they may get together with the person they love and such like.
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