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呪のろい

Kana のろい Romaji noroi

Common word

01

呪い のろい · noroi

Common word 詛い、咒い (word containing out-dated kanji or kanji usage)

01noun

curse; spell; malediction

Examples

のろいはのろい主に返る。

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Tatoeba #198548

彼はのろいの言葉をつぶやいた。

He muttered a curse.

Tatoeba #111343

最初に戦争を思いついた者に呪いあれ。

Cursed be he that first invented war.

Tatoeba #170480

02

呪い まじない · majinai

咒い (word containing out-dated kanji or kanji usage)

01noun

usually kana

charm; incantation; spell; curse

Source

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