Word details

災い

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 災い.

Dictionary

Entry

災いざわいNounFreq #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.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

disaster, calamity, woe, curse, evil

7 strokesFrequency 976JLPT N1Grade 5

On

サイ

Kun

わざわ.い

calamity, misfortune, evil, curse

13 strokesFrequency 2,010JLPT N1Grade 8

On

Kun

わざわい

misfortune, disaster, calamity

9 strokes

On

オウヨウ

Kun

わざわい

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