(わざわ)い, (わざわい), わざわい

wazawai

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • calamity; catastrophe

惨禍(さんか), さんか

sanka

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • calamity

禍根(かこん), かこん

kakon

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • root of evil; source of evil

戦禍(せんか), せんか

senka

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • war damages; ravages of war

(わざわい), (きょく), まが

maga

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • wickedness; evil; calamity; disaster

舌禍(ぜっか), ぜっか

zekka

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi) noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • slip of tongue

禍禍(まがまが)しい, 禍々(まがまが)しい, (きょく), 曲曲(まがまが)しい, 曲々(まがまが)しい, まがまがしい

magamagashii

adjective (keiyoushi)
  • ominous; sinister; unlucky; ill-omened
  • annoying
  • appearing to be true

災禍(さいか), さいか

saika

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • accident; calamity; mistake; catastrophe

禍福(かふく), かふく

kafuku

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • weal and woe

黄禍(こうか), こうか

kōka

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
  • Yellow Peril

(わざわい), かいん

kain

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • cause of trouble

禍害(かがい), かがい

kagai

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • evil; harm; mischief

禍源(わざわいげん), かげん

kagen

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • source of misfortune

禍根(かこん), かこんをたつ

kakonwotatsu

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.) Godan verb with `tsu` ending
  • to strike at the root of an evil

(わざわい), わざわいのふ

wazawainofu

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • sink of iniquity

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