まよけ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
魔除け 魔よけ

Etymology

From 魔(ま) (ma) + 除(よ)け (yoke, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 除(よ)ける (yokeru).”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) まよけ [màyóké] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ma̠jo̞ke̞]

Noun

まよけ • (mayoke) ^{←まよけ (mayoke)?}

1. warding off evil
2. that which wards off evil; talisman