九く字じ

noun

nine-character charm; nine-syllable incantation

A ritual incantation of nine syllables (臨・兵・闘・者・皆・陣・裂・在・前) accompanied by hand gestures, used in Esoteric Buddhism and Shugendō to ward off evil. Highly domain-specific; not used in everyday language.

See also: 臨兵闘者皆陣列在前

• 修しゅ験げん道どうでは、九く字じを切きって邪じゃ気きを払はらう。

  In Shugendō, practitioners cut the nine-character grid to dispel evil spirits.

• 密みっ教きょうの行ぎょう者じゃは九く字じの印いんを結むすぶ。

  Esoteric Buddhist practitioners form the mudras of the nine syllables.