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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
Alt. forms
厄やく
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やく
Pitch accent
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く
Used in vocabulary (16 in total)
bad luck; 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)
the year before a critical age; the year before an inauspicious year
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