取り付かれる

とりつかれる

to be possessed (by a spirit, demon, etc.)

Also a form of

Meanings

also 取り憑かれる

  1. ichidan verb, intransitive to be possessed (by a spirit, demon, etc.)
  2. to be possessed (by an idea, delusion, etc.); to be obsessed (with)

Its kanji

In sentences

村むらは風かぜに取とり付つかれる。 Winds haunt the village. #139156

兄あには野心やしんに取とり付つかれている。 My brother is consumed with ambition. #176568

彼女かのじょは悪魔あくまに取とり付つかれている。 She is possessed by a devil. #91233

奇妙きみょうな考かんがえに取とり付つかれている。 He's possessed by a strange idea. #183510