悪魔

Japanese
Kanji in this term
悪 魔
あく
Grade: 3		 ま
Grade: S
goon

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 惡魔

Pronunciation

Noun

悪魔 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 惡魔, hiragana あくま, rōmaji akuma)

  1. a fiend; a demon; a devil
    • 1987 March 20 [Feb 20 1987], Fujiko Fujio, “メフィスト惨歌 [Mephisto Damnal]”, in カンビュセスの籤くじ [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
      な……「なんだ悪魔か」？あんた悪魔の存在なんか信じる？
      信じるのって　現にきみ存在してるじゃない
      いや しかし　ほんとに信じる？この二十世紀の日本で？この科学文明の……
      そんなにうたぐってほしいの
      いや　いやいや　そうじゃないけど　いつも　まず ぼくが悪魔だってことをのみこませるのに大汗かいてるものだから
      Ā bikkuri shita Nan da Akuma ka
      Na…… “Nan da Akuma ka”? Anta Akuma no sonzai nan ka shinjiru?
      Shinjiru notte Gen ni kimi sonzai shiteru ja nai
      Iya shikashi honto ni shinjiru? Kono nijisseiki no Nihon de? Kono kagaku bunmei no……
      Sonna ni utagutte hoshii no
      Iya iya iya sō ja nai Itsumo mazu boku ga Akuma datte koto o nomikomaseru no ni ōase ka iteru mono da kara
      Whoa, you scared me. So you’re the Devil, huh?
      Wha…… “So you’re the Devil”? You believe the Devil exists?
      What do you mean? You exist right there, don’t you?
      Yeah, but, you really believe that? In this 20th century’s Japan? In this scientific civilization……
      Is it that outlandish?
      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.
    • 2001 September 20, “デーモンの召しょう喚かん [Daemon’s Summons]”, in Struggle of Chaos ―闇を制する者― [Struggle of Chaos ―Commanders of Darkness―], Konami:
      闇 (やみ)の力 (ちから)を使 (つか)い、人 (ひと)の心 (こころ)を惑 (まど)わすデーモン。悪 (あく)魔 (ま)族 (ぞく)ではかなり強 (きょう)力 (りょく)な力 (ちから)を誇 (ほこ)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.
  2. a fiend (very evil person)
  3. (tarot) the Devil

Derived terms
  • 悪 (あく)魔 (ま)の運 (うん) (akuma no un, “devil's luck”)

See also

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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