祟り（たたり）
JLPT N2 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: curse/divine punishment
Example sentences
- 昔の人は祟りを恐れた。 — People in the past feared curses.
- 祟りを信じる人は今も少なくない。 — There are still quite a few people today who believe in curses.
Idioms & proverbs containing “祟り”
- 弱り目に祟り目 (よわりめにたたりめ) — misfortunes never come singly; when it rains, it pours; adding insult to injury
- 触らぬ神に祟りなし (さわらぬかみにたたりなし) — let sleeping dogs lie; wake not a sleeping lion; the spirit you do not approach will not curse you
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