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厄やく
Meanings
Noun
1. misfortune; bad luck; evil; disaster
2. unlucky year; critical year; year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky
Kanji used
厄
unlucky
Pitch accent
や
く
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calamity; disaster; great misfortune; grand climacteric
warding off disaster; protecting against misfortune
exorcism; ceremonial cleansing from evil influence; exorcism performed door to door, in exchange for beans and money (on the night of New Year's Eve or Setsubun)
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