禍

disaster; calamity; misfortune

wickedness; evil; calamity; disaster

disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes

ominous; sinister; unlucky; ill-omened

Archaic

annoying

Archaic

appearing to be true; plausible

source of misfortune

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

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)

fortune and misfortune; prosperity and adversity; good and evil; weal and woe

Esp. 禍事

mishap; misfortune; calamity; disaster

Esp. 禍言

ominous word; ill-omened word

evil; harm; mischief

Proverb

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 neighbours

Japanese mythology

god who causes calamities

evil gods (who cause sin, etc.)

to strike at the root of an evil

cause of trouble

sink of iniquity

calamity, good fortune, success and failure

Abbreviation; Japanese mythology

god who causes calamities

Abbreviation

evil gods (who cause sin, etc.)

Obsolete term

calamity; disturbance; disorder; turmoil

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

disaster; accident; calamity; catastrophe

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

Colloquial; Obsolete term

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

war damage; ravages of war; horrors of war

calamity; disaster; catastrophe

Proverb

words can lead to disaster; the tongue is the root of calamities; the more you open your mouth the more likely you are to put your foot in it