災い

わざわい

Also written 禍, 殃

Meanings

口は災いの元。
Out of the mouth comes evil.
私達はそれを禍とせず最善を尽くして頑張っていかなくてはならない。
We'll have to try and make the best of it.
石油は天の恵みであるだけでなく災いのもとでもある、とその生態学者は私たちに警告した。
The ecologist warned us that petroleum was not merely a blessing but also a curse.
彼は会社をくびになったんだけど、わざわい転じて福となすで、見事独立したから偉いよ。
His old company gave him the shaft. But I admire the way he turned bad luck into good and did even better with his own business.
子どもを甘やかして育てたことで、ステラは後に自ら災いを招くことになってしまった。
In spoiling her child, Stella made a rod for her own back in the years that were to follow.

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