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禍の府 (wazawainofu) Japanese meaning: sink of iniquity | Kotomora

禍わざわいの府ふ

Meanings

1

sink of iniquity; hotbed of evil

Rare, literary noun for a place or situation where evil or misfortune gathers and thrives. Not used in everyday conversation.

その酒さか場ばはまさに禍わざわいの府ふだった。
That bar was truly a sink of iniquity.

Kanji

禍calamity, misfortune, evil
府borough, urban prefecture, govt office

Related words

悪あくの巣そう窟くつ
More common expression for a den of evil or hotbed of crime; 禍の府 is rarer and more literary.

Etymology

Compound of 禍 (わざわい, 'calamity, misfortune') and 府 (ふ, 'storehouse, center'). The exact origin is uncertain, but it follows a classical pattern of describing a place as a repository of abstract qualities.