13 strokes
Frequency: 2010
JLPT N1
Grade 8

Meanings

calamity
misfortune
evil
curse

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
わざわい

Dictionary

Common Words

禍禍しい
凶々しい
凶凶しい
がまがし
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

ざわい
Noun
Freq #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.
禍する
ざわいする
Intransitive
する Verb
Freq #27558
1

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

Noun suffix
Noun
Freq #28455
1

disaster; calamity; misfortune

かげん
Noun
Freq #28593
1

source of misfortune

いか
Noun
Freq #29616
1

disaster; accident; calamity; catastrophe

うか
Noun
Freq #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

こん
Noun
Freq #38812
1

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

かこんをのこす
Expression
Godan verb
Freq #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)

んか
Noun
Freq #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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