魔人

Japanese
Kanji in this term
魔 人
ま
Grade: S		 じん
Grade: 1
goon kan’on

Noun

魔(ま)人(じん) • (majin) 

  1. a person who has some supernatural power or ability
    • 2004 December 9, “牛(ぎゅう)魔(ま)人(じん) [Bull Jinn]”, in Beginner's Edition 2, Konami:
      森(もり)に住(す)む牛(うし)の魔(ま)人(じん)。ツノを突(つ)き出(だ)し突(とっ)進(しん)して攻(こう)撃(げき)。
      Mori ni sumu ushi no majin. Tsuno o tsukidashi tosshin shite kōgeki.
      A bovine jinn who lives in the forest. He attacks by charging and stabbing with his horns.

Usage notes

Sometimes glossed as magician, sorcerer, or conjurer. However, the term 魔人 is much more broad, and these English terms are more appropriately rendered in Japanese as 魔(ま)法(ほう)使(つか)い (mahō tsukai) or 魔(ま)術(じゅつ)師(し) (majutsushi).

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