まよけ

Japanese
Alternative spellings
魔除け
魔よけ

Etymology

From 魔(ま) (ma) + 除(よ)け (yoke, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 除(よ)ける (yokeru).”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) まよけ [màyóké] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠jo̞ke̞]

Noun

まよけ • (mayoke) ←まよけ (mayoke)?

  1. warding off evil
  2. that which wards off evil

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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