わざわい – Vocabulary details

わざわい

Noun

1. disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes

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ざわい

to bring calamity upon oneself; to invite disaster; to court disaster

words can lead to disaster; the tongue is the root of calamities; the more you open your mouth the more likely you are to put your foot in it

to turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts); to turn the potential disaster to one's advantage

彼かれの優ゆう柔じゅう不ふ断だんが将しょう来らいのわざわいの種たねをまいた。

His indecision sowed the seeds of future trouble.

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