マジックmajikku

Common
Definitions
  1. nounmagic
    この指輪ゆびわは、使用者しようしゃに大おおいなる力ちからを与あたえるマジックアイテムだ。↗
    This ring is a magic item that gives great power to its user.
  2. nounMagic Marker; felt-tip pen; permanent marker
    赤あかと黒くろのマジックかサインペン持もってない?↗
    I need red and black markers or felt-tip pens. Do you have any?
  3. noun, sportsmagic number
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym魔術まじゅつWrittenWritten register. Means magic, especially large-scale stage magic; 「マジック」 is more colloquial and also refers to felt-tip markers.
  • Synonym魔法まほうNeutralRefers to magic in the fantasy sense — spells and supernatural powers; 「マジック」 leans toward magic as a performance.
  • Synonym呪術じゅじゅつWrittenWritten register for sorcery and curse magic; 「マジック」 leans toward magic as entertainment.
  • Synonym奇術きじゅつWrittenWritten register for conjuring tricks; in everyday speech people say 「マジック」 or 「手品」.
  • Synonym手品てじなCasualColloquial word for conjuring tricks, especially small close-up sleight-of-hand; 「マジック」 is broader.
  • RelatedイリュージョンNeutralLoanword for an illusion, or a large-scale illusion show; 「マジック」 is the broader term.
  • RelatedトリックNeutralLoanword for a trick — a deception or the hidden mechanism behind a magic trick; 「マジック」 is the magic itself.
  • Related妖術ようじゅつWrittenWritten register for black magic or witchcraft; 「マジック」 is magic as entertainment.
  • Related幻術げんじゅつWrittenWritten register for conjuring and eye-deceiving tricks; 「マジック」 is the more common word.
  • Related神通力じんつうりきWrittenWritten register for supernatural or divine power; 「マジック」 leans toward magic as a performance.

Use 「マジック」 for magic shows and for felt-tip markers, as in 「マジックショー」. Use 「手品」 for close-up tricks, 「魔法」 for fantasy magic, and 「魔術」 or 「イリュージョン」 for large-scale stage magic.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 現実げんじつには不可能ふかのうな手法しゅほうや結果けっかを実現じつげんしてしまう力ちから。魔法まほう。
  2. 人間にんげんの錯覚さっかくや思い込おもいこみを利用りようし、実際じっさいには合理的ごうりてきな原理げんりを応用おうようしてあたかも「実現じつげん不可能ふかのうなこと」が起おきているかのように見みせかける芸能げいのう。奇術きじゅつ。手品てじな。
  3. 筆記具ひっきぐの一ひとつマジックインキのこと。商標しょうひょう。一般いっぱん名称めいしょうは、フェルトペン、マーキングペン。
  4. プロ野球やきゅうにおけるマジックナンバーのこと。
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