大禍時おおまがとき

noun

twilight (ominous time)

Traditional term for twilight, especially dusk, regarded as a time when evil spirits, accidents, and disasters are more likely to occur. Rare in modern everyday speech; mainly found in folklore, literature, or historical explanations.

• 昔むかし話ばなしでは、大おお禍まが時ときには外そとを歩あるくなと言いわれている。

  In old tales, they say you shouldn't walk outside at twilight.

• 「大おお禍まが時とき」という言こと葉ばは、夕ゆう暮ぐれの不ふ吉きつな時じ間かん帯たいを指さす古ふるい表ひょう現げんだ。

  The word 大禍時 is an old expression referring to the ominous time of dusk.