禍
禍

calamity, misfortune, evil, curse

13 strokesFrequency 2,010JLPT N1Grade 8

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禍々しい禍禍しい凶々しい凶凶しいまがまがしい曲々しい曲曲しい曲が曲がしい～い Adj.Freq #9816
1

ominous; sinister; unlucky; ill-omened

2

Archaic

annoying

3

Archaic

appearing to be true; plausible

災い禍わざわい殃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.
災いする禍するわざわいするIntransitiveする VerbFreq #27558
1

to be one's ruin; to do harm; to cause trouble; to have negative consequences; to bring about a bad outcome

禍かNounNoun suffixFreq #28455
1

disaster; calamity; misfortune

禍源かげんNounFreq #28593
1

source of misfortune

災禍さいかNounFreq #29616
1

disaster; accident; calamity; catastrophe

黄禍こうかNounFreq #35081
1

Yellow Peril (alleged threat to Western civilization posed by East Asians)

2

Colloquial; Obsolete term

harm caused by dumping human waste from train toilets onto the track

禍根かこんNounFreq #38812
1

root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune

禍根を残すかこんをのこすExpressionGodan verbFreq #46662
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)

戦禍せんかNounFreq #50636
1

war damage; ravages of war; horrors of war

Examples
若い人たちは戦禍というものを頭でしか知らない。
Young people know the disasters of war only in the abstract.
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