evil eye; curse of the evil eye
Refers to the malevolent gaze believed to bring misfortune or illness, often in folkloric or superstitious contexts.
祟り目に遭った気がして、お祓いに行った。
Feeling like I'd been struck by the evil eye, I went for a purification ritual.
Standard kanji spelling.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; also listed.
Compound of 祟り (たたり, 'curse') and 目 (め, 'eye'), literally 'curse eye'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is conventionally associated with folk beliefs about the evil eye.