魔女|まじょmajo[1]atamadaka (head-high)

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Definitions
  1. nounwitch
    ここだけの話はなしだけれど、あの太ふとった見苦みぐるしい魔女まじょは減量げんりょう中ちゅうなのだ。↗
    Between ourselves, the fat ugly witch is on a diet.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymウィッチNeutralA loanword for the Western witch, common in fantasy works; 「魔女」 is a Sino-Japanese word that also describes a woman with an almost magical allure.
  • Related妖女ようじょWrittenWritten/formal prose for a beautiful woman who bewitches men; 「魔女」 leans toward the magic-using witch.

Use 「魔女」 for a Western magic-wielding witch, as in 「魔女狩り」, or figuratively for a woman with an almost magical allure. 「ウィッチ」 is the loanword for the Western witch, seen often in fantasy; 「妖女」 is written prose for a beautiful bewitching woman.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 古来こらいのヨーロッパの俗信ぞくしんで、悪霊あくりょうと交まじわり魔力まりょくを得えた女性じょせい。魔薬まやくや呪法じゅほうを用もちい、害悪がいあくをもたらすとされた。ウィッチ。
  2. 悪魔あくまのような女おんな。不思議ふしぎな力ちからをもった女おんな。男おとこを惑まどわす、妖あやしい魅力みりょくをもつ女性じょせい。
  3. 通常つうじょうの人ひとにない優すぐれた能力のうりょくを持もった女性じょせい。「東洋とうようの魔女まじょ」
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