Yaku

厄 (Yaku) is a Japanese noun meaning “misfortune, bad luck, evil, disaster”.

Meanings

  1. nounmisfortune; bad luck; evil; disaster
  2. noununlucky year; critical year; year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky

Kanji in 厄

unlucky

Related words

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