やく
Meanings
Noun
1. misfortune; bad luck; evil; disaster
2. unlucky year; critical year
3. smallpox
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (15 in total)
bad luck; misfortune
warding off evil; protecting against misfortune
the year before a critical age; the year before an inauspicious year
calamity; disaster; great misfortune; grand climacteric
god who spreads infectious diseases; god of pestilence
exorcism; ceremonial cleansing from evil influence
smallpox; variola
escape from evil; exorcism
hardship and misfortune
calamity; evil; misfortune
critical year in one's life; inauspicious year
the year following an inauspicious year
to exorcise; to escape evil
the year before the unlucky year
victimized by the unlucky year; victimised by the unlucky year