misfortune, disaster, calamity

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On

オウヨウ

Kun

わざわい

Dictionary

Common Words

災いざわいNounFreq #12335
1

disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes

Examples
災いを転じて福としなさい。
Turn your misfortune to account.
余殃おうNounFreq #307505
1

trouble brought on by sins of forebears

池魚の殃ちぎょのわざわいNounExpression
1

Idiomatic expression

collateral damage; getting embroiled in someone else's dispute; having a fire spread to one's own house

積不善の家には必ず余殃あり積不善の家には必ず余殃有りせきふぜんのいえにはかならずよおうありExpression
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Proverb

iniquities of fathers are visited upon their sons

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