忌いみ子ご

noun

unwanted child; shunned child

Refers to a child who is avoided or rejected, often due to superstition, taboo, or being seen as a bad omen. The term carries a strong negative and somewhat archaic or folkloric tone.

• その村むらでは、昔むかし、忌いみ子ごとされた子こ供どもは村むら外はずれに住すまわされたという。

  In that village, long ago, children who were considered shunned were said to have been made to live on the outskirts.

• 彼かれは自じ分ぶんが忌いみ子ごのように扱あつかわれていると感かんじていた。

  He felt as if he were being treated like an unwanted child.