わざわい
Wazawai
Other forms: 禍、殃
災い (Wazawai) is a Japanese noun meaning “disaster, calamity, misfortune, trouble”.
Meanings
- noundisaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
Examples
口は禍の門。
The tongue wounds more than a lance.
彼に災いあれ。
Woe betide him!
口は災いの元。
Out of the mouth comes evil.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).