Refers to magical arts, spells, or ritual incantations, often with a traditional or occult nuance.
その村では古くから呪術が信じられている。
Magic has been believed in that village since ancient times.
It is said that the village sorcerer cast a spell on his enemy.
He tried to defeat his enemy using sorcery.
That tribe uses sorcery to cure illness.
Even today, some people in certain regions still rely on sorcery.
魔術 tends to suggest Western-style occult magic or stage magic, whereas 呪術 carries a more traditional, ritualistic or Eastern sorcery nuance.
呪文 refers specifically to the spoken words or chant of a spell, while 呪術 refers to the whole magical practice or technique.
呪術 (じゅじゅつ, sorcery) and 手術 (しゅじゅつ, surgery) sound alike but are completely unrelated in meaning.
medicine man; witch doctor
sorcerer; witch doctor; shaman
magical; sorcerous; supernatural
black magic
sympathetic magic; homeopathic magic; imitative magic
Compound of 呪 (ju, 'curse, spell') and 術 (jutsu, 'technique, art'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination has been used to refer to magical arts and incantations.