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
Kanji
厄
ヤク
unlucky; misfortune; bad luck; disaster
年
ネン
とし
year; counter for years
Synonyms
陰陽道
おんみょうどう おんようどう
- Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements n