How to say "genie" in Japanese

• 魔神まじん
  nounIts main senses are 'devil' and 'evil spirit', and 'genie' appears in that same demonic vein; choose it for a fearsome, evil genie of dark fantasy, not a friendly lamp spirit.
• 魔人まじん
  nounAlthough 'genie' is among its senses, the core meanings are 'sorcerer' and 'human with supernatural powers'; it is seldom the word you want for a genie, fitting only a human-like, superpowered figure.
• ジーニー
  nounA loanword from English 'genie'; it covers the familiar storybook figure — the magical spirit of the lamp — and is what you reach for when picturing that Western pop-culture genie.
• ジン
  nounA loanword from Arabic 'jinn'; it covers the supernatural spirits of Arabian tradition generally, so it works both for the lamp genie and for jinn as a class of beings in that lore.

For the storybook lamp genie use the loanwords 「ジーニー」 or 「ジン」; among the kanji words, 魔神 fits a demonic, evil-spirit genie, while 魔人, essentially 'sorcerer' or superpowered human, is seldom the word you want.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 魔神まじんdevil
• 魔人まじんsorcerer
• ジーニーgenie
• ジンjinn