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禍源 (kagen) Japanese meaning: source of misfortune | Kotomora

禍か源げん

Meanings

1

source of misfortune; root of calamity

A somewhat literary or formal noun for the origin or cause of trouble, disaster, or misfortune.

彼かれの傲ごう慢まんさがすべての禍か源げんだった。
His arrogance was the source of all the misfortune.

Kanji

禍calamity, misfortune, evil
源source, origin

Related words

原げん因いん
原因 is the general word for 'cause' (neutral), while 禍源 specifically refers to the cause of something bad or disastrous.
禍か根こん
禍根 also means 'root of trouble' but often implies a lingering source of future problems, whereas 禍源 is more about the origin point of a misfortune.

Etymology

Compound of 禍 (calamity, misfortune) and 源 (source, origin). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the meaning is transparent from its components.