Word Meaning 迷信 (Meishin): Superstition

Meaning

English

superstition
superstitious belief

Reading

Kana

めいしん

Romaji

meishin

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 7720 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

迷信家

めいしんか

superstitious person

迷信深い

めいしんぶかい

superstitious

迷路

めいろ

inner ear

迷子

まいご

lost child

迷う

まよう

to turn in one's grave

迷い

まよい

inability to reach enlightenment

迷わす

まよわす

to puzzle

自信

じしん

self-confidence

通信

つうしん

correspondence

信

しん

counter for received messages

不信

ふしん

insincerity

受信

じゅしん

receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.)

Example Sentences

3

夜に爪を切るなって、まだそんな迷信を信じてるの？

You still believe that superstition about cutting your nails at night?

「どこの迷信よ、それ」「庶民の知恵を言ってくれ」

"Where's that superstition from?" "Call it folk wisdom."

迷信というのは、偶然はただの偶然なのだと、人間が理解できないことから生じる。

Superstitions derive from the inability of men to acknowledge that coincidences are merely coincidences.