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    3. 呪縛

    呪縛

    呪じゅ縛ばく

    spell (that restricts one's movements)

    KMT10News #33+1Noun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab24 strokes

    じゅばく

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    spell (that restricts one's movements), binding spell

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    彼かれは悪わるい呪じゅ縛ばくにかかってしまった。

    He fell under a bad spell.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsAnime & Manga
    過か去この失しっ敗ぱいという呪じゅ縛ばくから解かい放ほうされたい。

    I want to be freed from the spell of past failures.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyCulture & Traditions
    社しゃ会かいの常じょう識しきという呪じゅ縛ばくが、人ひと々びとの自じ由ゆうな発はっ想そうを妨さまたげることがある。

    The spell of social norms can sometimes hinder people's free thinking.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsPolitics & Law
    古ふるい物ものが語たりには、魔ま女じょがかけた呪じゅ縛ばくを解とく勇ゆう者しゃの話はなしがよく登とう場じょうします。

    Old stories often feature heroes who break spells cast by witches.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsLiterature
    そのキャラクターは、強きょう力りょくな呪じゅ縛ばくの魔ま法ほうで敵てきの動うごきを封ふうじた。

    That character sealed the enemy's movements with a powerful binding spell.

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    Kanji that make up this word

    呪
    まじな.う・のろ.い・まじな.い・のろ.う…(4)
    spell・curse・charm・malediction
    縛
    しば.る…(1)
    truss・arrest・bind・tie・restrain
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