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厄年
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 厄年.
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Entry
1
unlucky year; critical year; year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky (orig. in Onmyōdō)
2
bad year; annus horribilis
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