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禍
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disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
Examples
災いを転じて福としなさい。
Turn your misfortune to account.
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Yellow Peril (alleged threat to Western civilization posed by East Asians)
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Colloquial; Obsolete term
harm caused by dumping human waste from train toilets onto the track
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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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fortune and misfortune; prosperity and adversity; good and evil; weal and woe
Examples
禍福は糾える縄の如し。
When an ill wind blows it does good to no one.
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twilight (traditionally regarded as a time when accidents and disasters are frequent)
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Esp. 禍事
mishap; misfortune; calamity; disaster
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Esp. 禍言
ominous word; ill-omened word
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careless remark; incriminating remark; unfortunate statement; slip of the tongue
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Yellow Peril (argument); theory that East Asians are a danger to the Western world
