厄やく前まえ

noun

year before an unlucky year

Refers to the year immediately before a person's yakudoshi (unlucky age). In Japanese folk belief, this year is also considered inauspicious and may require caution or purification rituals.

• 来らい年ねんは本ほん厄やくだから、今年ことしは厄やく前まえにあたる。

  Next year is my main unlucky year, so this year is the year before it.

• 厄やく前まえにもお祓はらいを受うける人ひともいる。

  Some people also undergo purification in the year before their unlucky year.