厄

Meaning

厄 centers on bad fortune and harmful events: unluckiness, misfortune, and disaster.

• 厄介やっかい
  N3

  trouble; burden; nuisance; bother; worry

• 災厄さいやく

  calamity; disaster; accident

• 厄やく

  misfortune; bad luck; evil; disaster

• 厄年やくどし

  unlucky year; critical year; year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky (orig. in Onmyōdō)

• 厄除けやくよけ

  warding off evil; protecting against misfortune

• 厄払いやくばらい

  exorcism; ceremonial cleansing from evil influence

• 厄日やくび

  unlucky day; bad day; evil day; ill-omened day; off day

• 前厄まえやく

  the year before a critical age; the year before an inauspicious year

• 厄を落とすやくをおとす

  to exorcise; to escape evil

• 厄ネタやくネタ

  source of trouble

• 厄介なことにやっかいなことに

  the trouble is ...; to make matters worse; troublingly

• 厄介事やっかいごと

  troublesome matter; burden; difficult task; chore; hassle

• 厄介払いやっかいばらい

  driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance

• 厄介物やっかいもの

  nuisance; encumbrance

• 厄介者やっかいもの

  burden; nuisance; bother; troublemaker

• 厄前やくまえ

  the year before the unlucky year

• 厄災やくさい

  calamity; disaster; accident

• 厄落としやくおとし

  escape from evil; exorcism

• 厄負けやくまけ

  victimized by the unlucky year; victimised by the unlucky year

• 厄運やくうん

  bad luck; misfortune

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