witchcraft

魔女術、魔術

呪文や超自然的な力で、出来事を動かしたり未来を知ろうとしたりすること。

やさしい英語で： Using spells or powers beyond nature to affect events or learn what will happen.

• The novel describes a school of witchcraft.
• He collected books about spells and witchcraft.
• Modern witchcraft takes different forms in different communities.

類義語： sorcery, magic

よく使う表現： practice witchcraft, modern witchcraft, belief in witchcraft

魔女術

呪文や薬草を使う魔術。古いヨーロッパの自然や精霊への信仰と結びつく。

やさしい英語で： Magical practices with spells and herbs, often linked to old European beliefs about nature and spirits.

• She read about herbs used in witchcraft.
• The festival included a talk on European witchcraft traditions.
• Some people practice witchcraft as part of their beliefs about nature.

類義語： sorcery

よく使う表現： practice witchcraft, traditional witchcraft, witchcraft ritual

黒魔術

人を傷つけたり災いを起こしたりするために使うとされる魔術。

やさしい英語で： Magic believed to be used to hurt people or cause bad things to happen.

• They blamed his illness on witchcraft.
• The villagers feared that witchcraft had destroyed their crops.
• She was accused of witchcraft after a neighbor’s death.

類義語： black magic

よく使う表現： evil witchcraft, accused of witchcraft, fear of witchcraft