やく
yaku
JLPT N14 strokesKanjiLevel 96 - JLPT N1

Meaning

Unlucky

Misfortune · Bad Luck · Disaster

Signification

Malchanceux

Malheur · Mauvaise chance · Catastrophe

Readings

onやく/ yaku

kun = Japanese reading · on = Chinese reading

Practice writing

Trace the kanji stroke by stroke with a visual guide.

Example Sentences

厄年には神社で厄払いをした。

やくどしにはじんじゃでやくばらいをした。

I performed a purification ritual at a shrine during my unlucky year.

J'ai effectué un rituel de purification dans un sanctuaire pendant mon année de malchance.

厄介な問題が次々と起こった。

やっかいなもんだいがつぎつぎとおこった。

Troublesome problems arose one after another.

Des problèmes gênants sont survenus les uns après les autres.

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