Japanese

Noun

呪文 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 咒文, hiragana じゅもん, romaji jumon)

1. an incantation, a spell, an enchantment

   彼 (かれ)らはその文句 (もんく)を呪文 (じゅもん)のように繰 (く)り返 (かえ)した。

   Karera wa sono monku o jumon no yō ni kurikaeshita.

   They repeated the word like an incantation → like a broken record.

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References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9