Words — 21 found
わざわ
災い
1. disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
禍 【わざわい】、殃 【わざわい】
殃: Rarely-used kanji form.
1. fortune and misfortune; prosperity and adversity; good and evil; weal and woe
まがごと
禍事
1. mishap; misfortune; calamity; disasteresp. 禍事
2. ominous word; ill-omened wordesp. 禍言
禍事 【まがこと】、禍言 【まがごと】、禍言 【まがこと】
まがこと: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage. まがこと: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage.
1. source of misfortune
1. calamity; disturbance; disorder; turmoilObsolete term
まがつひのかみ
禍津日神
1. god who causes calamitiesJapanese mythology
2. evil gods (who cause sin, etc.)
かふくとくそう
禍福得喪
1. calamity, good fortune, success and failureYojijukugo (four character compound)
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】
1. evil; harm; mischief
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.
1. cause of trouble
1. disaster; calamity; misfortune
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】
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】