魔女狩り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
魔	女	狩
ま Grade: S	じょ Grade: 1	か > が Grade: S

Etymology

From 魔女 (majo, “witch”) +‎ 狩り (kari, “hunt; hunting”, from the stem of 狩る (karu, “to hunt”)).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) まじょがり [màjógárí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ma̠ʑo̞ɡa̠ɾʲi]

Noun

魔(ま)女(じょ)狩(が)り • (majogari) ^{←まぢよがり (madyogari)?}

1. a witch-hunt
   • 1988 July 30 [1985 July 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “アン子(こ) 大(おお)いに怒(いか)る　（赤(あか)毛(げ)のアン子(こ)　改(かい)題(だい)） (アン子(こ) 大(おお)いに怒(いか)る　（赤(あか)毛(げ)のアン子(こ)　改(かい)題(だい)）) [When Anko Really Gets Mad　(originally titled Redheaded Anko)]”, in 宇宙船製造法 [How to Build a Spaceship] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 3), 6th edition, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 71:

     中(ちゅう)世(せい)におこなわれた魔(ま)女(じょ)狩(が)りでは、火あぶりにされたご先(せん)祖(ぞ)もいる。そんなわけで、かあさんの一(いち)族(ぞく)はその魔(ま)力(りょく)を世(せ)間(けん)の目からひたかくしにしてすごしてきたんだ。今は、もう魔(ま)女(じょ)狩(が)りなんてないが…、でも、その力は使(つか)わないでくれないか。魔(ま)法(ほう)なんか、けっしてアン子(こ)を幸(しあわ)せにしてくれないと思うから。

     Chūsei ni okonawareta majogari de wa, hiaburi ni sareta gosenzo mo iru. Sonna wake de, kā-san no ichizoku wa sono maryoku o seken no me kara hitakakushi ni shite sugoshitekitan da. Ima wa, mō majogari nan te nai ga…, demo, sono chikara wa tsukawanaide kurenai ka. Mahō nanka, kesshite Anko o shiawase ni shite kurenai to omou kara.

     Some of your ancestors were also burned at the stake during a witch-hunt that happened some time in the Middle Ages. That’s why your mother’s family did everything they could to hide their magical abilities from the masses. They don’t do witch-hunts nowadays…, but still, make sure never to use this power again. I don’t think things like magic would ever do you any good, Anko.