詛: curse

curse

12 strokesNames & literary · Rare kanji (1級 range)in 4 words here

Readings

ソ・ショ

Kun

のろう

Almost always in 呪詛 (じゅそ, curse). The kun verb 詛う (のろう) and noun 詛い (のろい) are literary spellings of 呪う and 呪い.

呪詛じゅそcurse; malediction

詛うのろうto curse

詛いのろいcurse; spell

魔女まじょは敵てきの名なを書かいた紙かみに、呪詛じゅそを込こめた。

The witch poured a curse into the paper on which she had written her enemy's name.

裏切うらぎられた男おとこは、自みずからの運命うんめいを詛のろって泣ないた。

The betrayed man wept, cursing his own fate.

古ふるい一族いちぞくに伝つたわる詛のろいが、ついに解とけた。

The curse handed down in the old family was finally broken.