Illustration: In a fantastical Edo household courtyard, an angry figure beneath the veranda binds the legs of a tiny straw effigy with a knotted cord.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

呪のろい

noroi

curse

Example sentences

  1. その家族かぞくには呪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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  2. 呪のろいだよ。

    It’s a curse.

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  3. 輝政てるまさの死しは秀吉ひでよしの呪のろいとも噂うわさされた。

    There were rumors that Terumasa’s death was under a curse of Hideyoshi.

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Kanji in 呪

  • 呪spell; curseOnジュ・シュ・シュウKunまじなう・のろい・まじない

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