疫やく病びょう神がみ

noun

god of pestilence; deity of infectious disease

Mythological figure believed to spread epidemics. Often used in folklore and historical contexts.

• 昔むかしの人ひとは疫やく病びょう神がみを鎮しずめるために祭まつりを行おこなった。

  People in the past held festivals to appease the god of pestilence.

noun

jinx; hoodoo; pest; odious person; plague; angel of death

Derogatory term for a person who brings bad luck or trouble, like a jinx. Used colloquially to describe someone whose presence seems to cause misfortune.

• 彼かれが来くると必かならずトラブルが起おきる。まるで疫やく病びょう神がみだ。

  Whenever he comes, trouble always happens. He's like a jinx.

• あの疫やく病びょう神がみがまた何なにかやらかしたらしい。

  That jinx seems to have messed something up again.