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厄除け

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
厄	除
やく Grade: S	よ Grade: 6
goon	kun'yomi

Etymology

By surface analysis, 厄 (yaku, “evil”) +‎ 除け (yoke, “avoiding”, ren'yōkei of 除ける (yokeru)).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) やくよけ [yàkúyóké] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ja̠kɯ̟jo̞ke̞]

Noun

厄(やく)除(よ)け • (yakuyoke)

warding off evil
talisman (item which wards off evil); or, a method of keeping such evil away

Synonyms

(warding evil off): 厄(やく)落(おと)し (yakuotoshi), 魔(ま)除(よ)け (mayoke)
(talisman): お守(まも)り (omamori), 魔(ま)除(よ)け (mayoke)

Hyponyms

厄(やく)払(はら)い (yakuharai, “exorcism”)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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