厄やく日び

noun

unlucky day; bad day

Refers to a day when things go wrong or misfortune is expected, often in a superstitious or colloquial sense.

• 今日きょうは厄やく日びだ。朝あさから何なにもかもうまくいかない。

  Today is an unlucky day. Nothing has gone right since this morning.

• 厄やく日びには大だい事じな決けつ断だんを避さける人ひともいる。

  Some people avoid making important decisions on unlucky days.

noun

critical day (for crops)

Agricultural term for a day when weather or other conditions are especially critical for crop growth or harvest.

• 農のう家かにとって霜しもが降おりる日ひは作さく物もつの厄やく日びだ。

  For farmers, a day with frost is a critical day for the crops.