本厄
ほんやく
- critical year in one's life; inauspicious year n
Kanji
本
ホン
もと
book; present; main; origin; true; real; counter for long cylindrical things
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