Curse

"Curse" in Japanese

卑語

higo

(vulgar epithet)

呪い

noroi

(supernatural detriment)

呪縛

jubaku

(supernatural detriment)

悪口

warukuchi

(vulgar epithet)

呪う

norou

(to place a curse upon)

怒鳴る

donaru

(to use offensive language)

悪態をつく

akutai o tsuku

(to use offensive language)

罵る

nonoshiru

(to use offensive language)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.