迷い家

Japanese

Kanji in this term
迷	家
まよ Grade: 5	か > が Grade: 2 (ateji)
yutōyomi

Alternative spellings
迷家 マヨイガ 迷ひ処 マヨヒガ

Etymology

迷い (mayoi, “getting lost; illusion”, stem of 迷う (mayou, “to get lost; to be deluded”)) +‎ 処 (ka, “place”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma̠jo̞iɡa̠]

Noun

迷(まよ)い家(が) • (mayoiga) 

1. in Tohoku and Kanto legends, an uninhabited but somehow well kept house in the mountains, that is said to bring good luck and fortune to anyone who visits it
   • 2020 September 19, Mafumafu (lyrics and music), “百鬼夜行 [Night Parade of A Hundred Demons]”:

     風が止む
     その刹那に手招く迷(まよ)ひ(い)処(が)まで

     Kaze ga yamu
     Sono setsuna ni temaneku mayoiga made

     The wind stops
     Till that split second, when the elusive cottage beckons