禍か

noun, noun, used as a suffix

disaster; calamity; misfortune

Refers to a serious unfortunate event or state of misfortune. Often used in formal or written contexts. As a suffix, it attaches to nouns to indicate a disaster or harmful phenomenon related to that noun.

• 戦せん争そうは人じん類るいにとって大おおきな禍かだ。

  War is a great calamity for humanity.

• 洪こう水ずい禍かに見み舞まわれた地ち域いきに支し援えんが送おくられた。

  Aid was sent to the region struck by the flood disaster.