Moto 魔: Witch; Demon; Evil SpiritKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- マ
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 183 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (マ)
- 悪魔あくまdevil; demon
- 邪魔じゃまhindrance; obstacle
- 魔まdemon; devil
- 魔法まほうmagic; witchcraft
- 魔女まじょwitch
- 断末魔だんまつまone's last moments; death throes
- 病魔びょうまdemon of ill health; disease
- 睡魔すいまsleepiness; drowsiness
- 誤魔化すごまかすto deceive; to falsify
- 通り魔とおりまrandom attacker; slasher
- 魔力まりょくmagical powers; supernatural powers
- 魔女狩りまじょがりwitch hunt
- 魔法使いまほうつかいmagician; wizard
- 魔法瓶まほうびんthermos bottle; vacuum flask
- 魔物まものdemon; devil
- 魔術まじゅつblack magic; sorcery
- お邪魔おじゃまhindrance; intrusion
- お邪魔しますおじゃましますexcuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
- お邪魔虫おじゃまむしsomeone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose; fly in the ointment
- のぞき魔のぞきまpeeping tom
- キス魔キスまcompulsive kisser; person who gives many kisses
- マクスウェルの魔物マクスウェルのまものMaxwell's demon
- メモ魔メモまcompulsive note-taker
- ラプラスの魔物ラプラスのまものLaplace's demon
- 人外魔境じんがいまきょうominous place outside the human world; mysterious place where no human being lives
- 伏魔殿ふくまでんabode of demons; hotbed (of graft)
- 使い魔つかいまfamiliar (spirit or otherwise magical creature which aids a magician or sorcerer); familiar spirit
- 借りる時の地蔵顔なす時の閻魔顔かりるときのじぞうがおなすときのえんまがお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
- 借りる時の地蔵顔済す時の閻魔顔かりるときのじぞうがおなすときのえんまがお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
- 収集魔しゅうしゅうまcollecting maniac
- 四魔しまthe four kinds of demons that make trouble for sentient beings
- 夢魔むまnightmare
- 天魔てんまdemon of the sixth heaven in the realm of desire who tries to prevent people from doing good
- 好事多魔こうじたまHappy events are often accompanied by difficulties; Unsullied joy is rare
- 好事魔多しこうじまおおしLights are usually followed by shadows
- 妖魔ようまghost; apparition
- 寸善尺魔すんぜんしゃくまin evil, there is odds; there is more evil than good in this world
- 小悪魔こあくま(young) seductress; temptress
- 強姦魔ごうかんまrapist; rape fiend
- 御邪魔おじゃまhindrance; intrusion
- 御邪魔しますおじゃましますexcuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
- 御邪魔虫おじゃまむしsomeone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose; fly in the ointment
- 悪魔の三歳児あくまのさんさいじ(child in the) terrifying threes
- 悪魔の宴あくまのうたげblack sabbath; witches' sabbath
- 悪魔の証明あくまのしょうめいprobatio diabolica; devil's proof
- 悪魔よけあくまよけcharm against evil spirits; talisman
- 悪魔主義あくましゅぎsatanism; devil worship
- 悪魔崇拝あくますうはいdevil worship; diabolism
- 悪魔払いあくまばらいexorcism
- 悪魔派あくまはSatanic school
- 悪魔調伏あくまちょうぶくexorcism; praying down evil spirits
- 悪魔除けあくまよけcharm against evil spirits; talisman
- 放火魔ほうかまpyromaniac
- 死魔しまdemon of death
- 水魔すいまdisastrous flooding
- 淫魔いんまincubus; succubus
Other readings
- 借りる時の地蔵顔、なす時の閻魔顔かりるときのじぞうがおなすときのえんまがお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
- 借りる時の地蔵顔、済す時の閻魔顔かりるときのじぞうがおなすときのえんまがお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
- 悪魔の３歳児あくまのさんさいじ(child in the) terrifying threes
- 朝魔羅あさマラmorning wood; morning erection
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