災い
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 災い
1
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
Examples
災いを転じて福としなさい。
Turn your misfortune to account.
Kanji in this Word
災
7 strokes
Frequency: 976
JLPT N1
Grade 5
Meanings
disaster
calamity
woe
curse
evil
Readings
On
— Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
サイ
Kun
— Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
わざわ.い
禍
13 strokes
Frequency: 2010
JLPT N1
Grade 8
Meanings
calamity
misfortune
evil
curse
Readings
On
— Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
カ
Kun
— Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
わざわい
殃
9 strokes
Meanings
misfortune
disaster
calamity
Readings
On
— Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
オウ
ヨウ
Kun
— Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
わざわい
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