- tsukaima familiar (spirit or otherwise magical creature which aids a magician or sorcerer), familiar spirit
Used in fantasy contexts (anime, games, novels) to refer to a magical creature or spirit bound to serve a magician.
彼女の使い魔は黒い猫だ。
Kanojo no tsukaima wa kuroi neko da.
Her familiar is a black cat.
使い魔を召喚するには魔力が必要だ。
Tsukaima o shōkan suru ni wa maryoku ga hitsuyō da.
You need magical power to summon a familiar.
⚖️ Often confused with 式神 (shikigami), which is specifically a Japanese onmyōdō spirit, while 使い魔 is a broader fantasy term.
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