悪魔
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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悪 | 魔 |
あく Grade: 3 | ま Grade: S |
goon |
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惡魔 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 惡魔 (MC ʔɑk̚ muɑ, literally “bad, evil + demon”).
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) あくま [áꜜkùmà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
- IPA(key): [a̠kɯ̟ᵝma̠]
Noun
悪魔 • (akuma)
- a fiend, a demon, a devil
- 1987 March 20 [Feb 20 1987], Fujiko Fujio, “メフィスト惨歌 [Mephisto Damnal]”, in カンビュセスの籤 [Cambyses’s Drawing] (藤子不二雄 SF全短編; 1), volume 1 (fiction), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第二章, pages 442–443:
- ああ びっくりした なんだ悪魔か
- Ā Bikkuri shita Nan da Akuma ka
- Whoa, you scared me. So you’re the Devil, huh?
- Na…… “Nan da Akuma ka”? Anta Akuma no sonzai nan ka shinjiru?
- Wha… “So you’re the Devil”? You believe the Devil exists?
- Shinjiru notte Gen ni kimi sonzai shiteru ja nai
- What do you mean? You exist right there, don’t you?
- Iya shikashi Honto ni shinjiru? Kono nijisseiki no Nihon de? Kono kagaku bunmei no……
- Yeah, but, you really believe that? In 20th century Japan? In this scientific civilization…
- Sonna ni utagutte hoshii no
- Is it that outlandish?
- Iya Iya iya Sō ja nai kedo Itsumo Mazu boku ga Akuma datte koto o nomikomaseru no ni ōase ka iteru mono da kara
- No, no no, that’s not what I meant. It’s just that I’m taken aback by the fact that you really buy that I’m the Devil.
- ああ びっくりした なんだ悪魔か
- 2001 September 20, “デーモンの召喚 [Daemon’s Summons]”, in Struggle of Chaos ―闇を制する者― [Struggle of Chaos: Commanders of Darkness], Konami:
- 闇の力を使い、人の心を惑わすデーモン。悪魔族ではかなり強力な力を誇る。
- Yami no chikara o tsukai, hito no kokoro o madowasu dēmon. Akuma-zoku de wa kanari kyōryoku na chikara o hokoru.
- A daemon who bewilders the human heart with dark powers. He boasts of his tremendous power amongst the Demon Tribe.
- 闇の力を使い、人の心を惑わすデーモン。悪魔族ではかなり強力な力を誇る。
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- (figurative) a fiend (very evil person)
- (tarot) the Devil
- (Buddhism) a mara, a demon seeking to prevent enlightenment
Derived terms
- 悪魔の運 (akuma no un, “devil's luck”)
See also
- デーモン (dēmon)
- デビル (debiru)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN