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
Pitch accent
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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
calamity; disaster; great misfortune; grand climacteric
warding off disaster; protecting against misfortune
god who spreads infectious diseases; god of pestilence
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)
escape from evil; exorcism
source of trouble
hardship and misfortune
calamity; evil; misfortune
critical year in one's life; inauspicious year
the year following an inauspicious year
to exorcise; to escape evil
the year before the unlucky year
victimized by the unlucky year; victimised by the unlucky year