厄
やく
- misfortune; bad luck; evil; disaster n
- unlucky year; critical year n abbr
- smallpox n arch
Kanji
厄
ヤク
unlucky; misfortune; bad luck; disaster
Synonyms
厄年
やくどし
- unlucky year; critical year; year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky (orig. in Onmyōdō) n
- bad year; annus horribilis n
疱瘡
ほうそう いもがさ いもかさ
- smallpox; variola n col
- pockmark; pock n