暗あん剣けん殺さつ

noun

unpropitious direction

A term from traditional Japanese directional astrology (九星気学 or similar systems). Refers to a direction that is considered especially inauspicious on a given day or for a given person, often associated with misfortune or accidents. Not used in everyday modern Japanese outside of fortune-telling contexts.

• 今日きょうの暗あん剣けん殺さつは北ほく西せいの方ほう角がくです。

  Today's unpropitious direction is the northwest.