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魔 kanji
witch, demon, evil spirit
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 21
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
マ
Kun readings
NoneWords with 魔
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —魔の二歳terrible twos
- —魔法つかいmagician; wizard; sorcerer; witch; mage
- —逢う魔が時twilight (traditionally regarded as a time when accidents and disasters are frequent)
- —魔法の絨毯magic carpet; flying carpet
- —魔法のつえmagic wand
- —魔の二歳児(child in the) terrible twos
- —魔の三週目the dreaded 3rd week (in the life of a newborn; when some previously quiet babies suddenly turn colic)
- —悪魔の三歳terrifying threes; terrible threes; threenager phase; devilish threes
- —御邪魔しますplease excuse the intrusion; I'm coming in
- —悪魔の三歳児threenager; child in the terrifying threes
- —邪魔をいれるto interfere; to hinder; to obstruct
- —オズの魔法使The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (novel by L. F. Baum, 1900); The Wizard of Oz (film, 1939)
- —借りる時の地蔵顔、なす時の閻魔顔people look friendly when they ask for a loan but not so much when they repay it; when borrowing (the money), the face of the (bodhisattva) Kshitigarbha; when returning it, the face of the (hell king) Yama