Vocabulary

What does 厄年 (やくどし, yakudoshi) mean?

厄年 (やくどし, yakudoshi) means unlucky year; critical year; year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky (orig. in Onmyōdō).

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Readingやくどし
Romajiyakudoshi
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やくどし
yakudoshi

unlucky year; critical year; year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky (orig. in Onmyōdō)

  1. 1noun unlucky year; critical year; year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky (orig. in Onmyōdō)
  2. 2noun bad year; annus horribilis

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