厄

trouble; burden; nuisance; bother; worry

care; dependence; support; kindness; obligation; staying (with a person)

calamity; disaster; accident

troublesome matter; burden; difficult task; chore; hassle

burden; nuisance; bother; troublemaker

hanger-on; dependent; parasite

god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases

Derogatory

jinx; hoodoo; pest; odious person; plague; angel of death

calamity; disaster; accident

misfortune; bad luck; evil; disaster

Abbreviation

unlucky year; critical year; year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky

unlucky day; bad day; evil day; ill-omened day; off day

critical day (for a crop)

unlucky year; critical year; year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky (orig. in Onmyōdō)

bad year; annus horribilis

warding off evil; protecting against misfortune

exorcism; ceremonial cleansing from evil influence

exorcism performed door to door, in exchange for beans and money (on the night of New Year's Eve or Setsubun)

calamity; disaster; great misfortune; grand climacteric

encumbrance; burden; drag

god who spreads infectious diseases; god of pestilence

nuisance; encumbrance

Ecuador

calamity; evil; misfortune

Buddhism

hardship and misfortune

critical year in one's life; inauspicious year

the year before a critical age; the year before an inauspicious year

the year following an inauspicious year

the year before the unlucky year

victimized by the unlucky year; victimised by the unlucky year

driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance