呪文|じゅもんjumon[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounspell; charm; incantation; magic words
   「なんて言いってるの？」「祝詞のりとも知しらないのか？」「祝詞のりと？」「神道しんとうの呪文じゅもんのようなもん」↗

   "What is she saying?" "You don't even know 'norito'?" "Norito?" "It's something like a Shinto spell."

• Related呪いのろいNeutralRead まじない: a rite, or its words, for praying to be spared from misfortune or illness; 「呪文」 is the chanted spell wording itself.
• Related呪じゅWrittenWritten style: a spell or a Buddhist mantra; 「呪文」 is the spell wording itself.
• Related呪りかしりWrittenArchaic, read かしり: a curse meant to harm someone, rarely used today; 「呪文」 is a spell that is chanted.

Use 「呪文」 for chanted spells or magic incantations, as in 「呪文を唱える」, and for words recited in Buddhism and other religions. For rites warding off misfortune or praying for blessings, use 「まじない」; the single word 「呪」 also means a mantra.

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1. 密教みっきょうなどの宗教しゅうきょうで唱となえられる神秘しんぴな言葉ことば。
2. 普通ふつうの言葉ことばを使用しようしない祈念きねんの文ぶん。