"呪い" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [no̞ɾo̞i] Forms: 呪い [canonical] (ruby: (のろ)), noroi [romanization], norofi [romanization], のろひ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 呪う (norou, “to curse someone or something”). Etymology templates: {{m|ja|連用形||continuative or stem form|tr=ren'yōkei}} 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”), {{m|ja|呪う||to curse someone or something|tr=norou}} 呪う (norou, “to curse someone or something”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|のろい|hhira=のろひ}} 呪(のろ)い • (noroi) ^(←のろひ (norofi)?)
  1. (fantasy, occult) a curse (supernatural detriment) Categories (topical): Fantasy, Occult
    Sense id: en-呪い-ja-noun-nVaAF4mW Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 95 5 Topics: fantasy, human-sciences, mysticism, occult, philosophy, sciences
  2. a spell (evil magic)
    Sense id: en-呪い-ja-noun-VsRRX5vv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 呪詛 (juso) (ruby: (じゅ), ()), 詛い, 咒い [rare]
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ma̠ʑina̠i] Forms: 呪い [canonical] (ruby: (まじな)), majinai [romanization], mazinafi [romanization], まじなひ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 呪う (majinau, “to use a charm, to use magic”). Etymology templates: {{m|ja|連用形||continuative or stem form|tr=ren'yōkei}} 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”), {{m|ja|呪う||to use a charm, to use magic|tr=majinau}} 呪う (majinau, “to use a charm, to use magic”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|まじない|hhira=まじなひ}} 呪(まじな)い • (majinai) ^(←まじなひ (mazinafi)?)
  1. (fantasy, occult) incantation, magic spell Categories (topical): Fantasy, Occult
    Sense id: en-呪い-ja-noun-lC89wfHD Categories (other): Chinese terms with non-redundant manual script codes, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 19 1 79 1 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 28 1 69 1 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 28 1 69 1 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 19 3 75 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 29 1 69 1 Topics: fantasy, human-sciences, mysticism, occult, philosophy, sciences
  2. deception, manipulation of someone
    Sense id: en-呪い-ja-noun-CI7ALN6v
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 咒い [rare], まじない Derived forms: お呪い (omajinai) (ruby: (まじな)) (english: good luck charm), 呪い師: a spellcaster (majinaishi), a magician Related terms: 魔法 (mahō) (ruby: (), (ほう)) (english: magic)
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for 呪い meaning in Japanese (6.8kB)

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              "病",
              "びょう"
            ],
            [
              "気",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "治",
              "なお"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "呪いで病気を治す"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "incantation, magic spell"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fantasy",
          "fantasy"
        ],
        [
          "occult",
          "occult"
        ],
        [
          "incantation",
          "incantation"
        ],
        [
          "magic",
          "magic"
        ],
        [
          "spell",
          "spell"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(fantasy, occult) incantation, magic spell"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "fantasy",
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "occult",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "deception, manipulation of someone"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "deception",
          "deception"
        ],
        [
          "manipulation",
          "manipulation"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "まじない"
    },
    {
      "other": "まじない"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ma̠ʑina̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "まじない"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "咒い"
    }
  ],
  "word": "呪い"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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