Meaning of 呪文(じゅもん) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 呪文, じゅ文

Kana Reading じゅもん

Romaji jumon

Examples of 呪文, じゅ文, じゅもん in a sentence

「なんて言ってるの？」「祝詞も知らないのか？」「祝詞？」「神道の呪文のようなもん。」

What is she saying? "You don't even know 'norito'?" "Norito?" "It's something like a Shinto spell."
呪文が解けて豚は人間になった。

The spell was broken and the pig turned into a man.
悪い魔女は呪文をかけてその男を虫に変えてしまった。

The wicked witch cast a spell on the man and turned him into a bug.

呪

8 strokes

spell, curse, charm, malediction

On'Yomi: ジュ, シュ, シュウ, ズ

Kun'Yomi: まじな.う, のろ.い, まじな.い, のろ.う

文 JLPT 4

4 strokes

sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)

On'Yomi: ブン, モン

Kun'Yomi: ふみ, あや

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