calamity; disaster; great misfortune; grand climacteric
warding off disaster; protecting against misfortune
god who spreads infectious diseases; god of pestilence
exorcism; ceremonial cleansing from evil influence; exorcism performed door to door, in exchange for beans and money (on the night of New Year's Eve or Setsubun)
exorcism; ceremonial cleansing from evil influence; exorcism performed door to door, in exchange for beans and money (on the night of New Year's Eve or Setsubun)
escape from evil; exorcism
calamity; evil; misfortune
the year before a critical age; the year before an inauspicious year
critical year in one's life; inauspicious year
the year following an inauspicious year
the year before the unlucky year
victimized by the unlucky year; victimised by the unlucky year