hex

呪い

害や不運をもたらすための魔法。

やさしい英語で： A magic spell intended to cause harm or bad luck.

• They tried to break the hex.
• She feared a hex had caused her bad luck.
• Who put a hex on this house?

使い方： put a hex on someone/something (The witch put a hex on the village.)

類義語： curse, jinx

反対語： blessing

よく使う表現： put a hex, break a hex, hex on someone

魔女

特に人に害を与える魔力を持つと信じられている女性。

やさしい英語で： A woman believed to have magical powers, especially harmful ones.

• Villagers feared the old hex.
• The tale describes a hex who lived alone in the woods.
• They accused their neighbour of being a hex.

類義語： witch

よく使う表現： an old hex, village hex

呪う、呪いをかける

魔法で誰かに不運や害をもたらす。

やさしい英語で： To use magic to bring bad luck or harm to someone.

• The witch threatened to hex him.
• She believed someone had hexed her family.
• In the story, he hexes anyone who enters his garden.

類義語： curse, bewitch, jinx

反対語： bless

よく使う表現： hex someone, hex an enemy