Words — 20 found
1. fortune and misfortune; prosperity and adversity; good and evil; weal and woe
かふくとくそう
禍福得喪
1. calamity, good fortune, success and failureYojijukugo (four character compound)
1. source of misfortune
まがごと
禍言
1. ominous word; ill-omened wordesp. 禍言
2. misfortuneesp. 禍事
禍言 【まがこと】、禍事 【まがごと】、禍事 【まがこと】
1. evil; harm; mischief
1. cause of trouble
1. calamity; disturbance; disorder; turmoilObsolete term
わざわ
災いする
1. to be one's ruin; to do harm; to cause trouble; to have negative consequences; to bring about a bad outcome
禍する 【わざわいする】
まがまが
禍々しい
1. ominous; sinister; unlucky; ill-omened
2. annoyingArchaic
3. appearing to be true; plausibleArchaic
禍禍しい 【まがまがしい】、凶々しい 【まがまがしい】、凶凶しい 【まがまがしい】、曲々しい 【まがまがしい】、曲曲しい 【まがまがしい】、曲が曲がしい 【まがまがしい】
曲々しい: Rarely-used kanji form. 曲曲しい: Rarely-used kanji form. 曲が曲がしい: Rarely-used kanji form.
かふくあざななわ
禍福は糾える縄のごとし
1. fortune and misfortune are intertwined; fortune and misfortune come by turns; good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope); good and bad fortune are next-door neighboursProverb
禍福は糾える縄の如し 【かふくはあざなえるなわのごとし】、禍福はあざなえる縄のごとし 【かふくはあざなえるなわのごとし】、禍福はあざなえる縄の如し 【かふくはあざなえるなわのごとし】
1. disaster; calamity; misfortune
わざわてんふく
災い転じて福となす
1. to turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts); to turn the potential disaster to one's advantageIdiomatic expression
禍転じて福となす 【わざわいてんじてふくとなす】、災い転じて福と為す 【わざわいてんじてふくとなす】、禍転じて福と為す 【わざわいてんじてふくとなす】
かこんのこ
禍根を残す
1. to create a breeding ground for future problems; to turn a blind eye to future trouble; to allow for something to come back and bite one in the ass (in the future)
わざわてんふく
災いを転じて福となす
1. to turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts); to turn the potential disaster to one's advantageIdiomatic expression, See also 災い転じて福となす わざわいてんじてふくとなす
禍を転じて福となす 【わざわいをてんじてふくとなす】、禍を転じて福と為す 【わざわいをてんじてふくとなす】、災いを転じて福と為す 【わざわいをてんじてふくとなす】