禍か福ふく

noun

fortune and misfortune; weal and woe

A somewhat literary or formal word for the paired concepts of good and bad luck, often used in proverbs or reflective contexts.

• 禍か福ふくはあざなえる縄なわのごとし。

  Fortune and misfortune are intertwined like a twisted rope.

• 人じん生せいの禍か福ふくを静しずかに受うけ入いれる。

  Quietly accept the ups and downs of life.