Illustration: At night behind an Edo-period wooden house, an angry adult in a plain sleeping kimono kneels before a straw effigy tied to a short discarded timber. They press a nail against the doll and raise a small hammer, lips moving and eyes fixed with fierce intent.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

呪のろう

norou

to curse, to put a curse on

Example sentences

  1. 『日本書紀にほんしょき』には、妊娠にんしんしたコノハナノサクヤビメをイワナガヒメが呪のろったとも記しるされ、それが人ひとの短命たんめいの起源きげんであるとしている。

    According to the "Nihonshoki" Chronicles, Iwanaga-hime put a curse on the pregnant Konohanano sakuya bime, which caused human life to become shorter.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 元夫もとおっとと後妻ごさいは、呪のろい殺ころされる寸前すんぜんで怪異かいいに気きづいた。

    The former husband and his second wife noticed the strange happenings just before they were cursed to death.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 物語ものがたりの中なかで、魔女まじょが王子おうじを呪のろった。

    In the story, a witch cursed the prince.

    Written by AI for Bebop

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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