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災
わざわ
い
Meanings
Noun
1. disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
Alt. forms
災
わざわ
い
59%
禍
わざわい
33%
わざわい
5%
殃
わざわい
Kanji used
災
natural disaster
Pitch accent
わ
ざわい
Top 12400
Used in: 956
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
口
くち
は
災
わざわ
い
の
元
もと
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
災
わざわ
い
を
招
まね
く
to bring calamity upon oneself; to invite disaster; to court disaster
災
わざわ
い
転
てん
じて
福
ふく
とな
す
to turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts); to turn the potential disaster to one's advantage
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Examples (1 in total)
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
災
わざわ
い
の
種
たね
をまいた。
His indecision sowed the seeds of future trouble.