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[やく()]
yaku
noun

English Meaning(s) for 厄

noun
  1. misfortune; bad luck; evil; disaster
  2. unlucky year; critical year
  3. smallpox

Definition and Synonyms for 厄

Disaster an act that has disastrous consequences
Synonyms: 不祝儀, 事変, , , 厄災, 変災, 天災, 惨事, 災害, 異変, 遭難
Evil that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune
Synonyms: , , , 厄難, 害悪, 害毒, 弊害, 惨禍, , 災い, , , 禍害
Misfortune unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event
Synonyms: にくい, 不幸, 不運, , 厄難, 御難, 災難, , 難い
Cataclysm an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
Synonyms: にくい, トラジディー, カタストロフィー, 不幸, 不幸せ, 危難, , 厄災, 厄難, 否運, 変災, 大厄, 大災, 大難, 天変地異, 天災, 奇禍, 御難, 悲劇, 惨事, 惨劇, 惨害, 惨禍, 激甚災害, 災い, 災厄, 災害, 災禍, 災難, 無残, 異変, , , 禍害, 禍言, , 難い
Harm the occurrence of a change for the worse
Synonyms: ダメージ, 不都合, 傷害, 危害, , 厄難, , 害悪, 弊害, 損傷, 損壊, 損害, 毀傷, 毀損, 禍害
Mischance an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate
Synonyms: 不幸, 不幸せ, 不遇, 不運, , 否運, 数奇, 数寄, 災難
Catastrophe a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
Synonyms: にくい, カタストロフィー, 凶事, 凶変, 危難, , 厄災, 壊滅, 変災, 大厄, 大災, 大難, 天災, 奇禍, 惨事, 惨害, 惨禍, 災い, 災厄, 災害, 災禍, 災難, 破局, 破滅, , , 禍害, 禍言, , 難い

Meanings for each kanji in 厄

» unlucky; misfortune; bad luck; disaster

Categories 厄 is a member of

Devastation the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
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Badness that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
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Trouble an event causing distress or pain
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Change an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
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Misfortune unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event
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Hazard an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
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Hardship a state of misfortune or affliction
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