魔女狩り

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

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

魔女狩り (hiragana まじょがり, rōmaji majogari, historical hiragana まぢよがり)

1. a witch-hunt
   • 1988 July 30 [Jul 25 1985], 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） [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), volume 3 (fiction), 6th edition, 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.