- 災い
- わざわい
calamity
catastrophe* * *わざわい【災い, 禍】〔災難, 災害, 不幸, 不運, 災厄〕*misfortune〖C〗〔人・物に対する〕不幸な出来事, 災難〔for〕He wept over his misfortunes. 彼は身にふりかかった災いを嘆き悲しんだ
mishap〖C〗(ちょっとした)不運な出来事.▲Gambling is a curse to many. ばくちは多くの人には災いのもとだ.
¶ → 災い転じて福となす (禍転じて福となす)¶ → 口は災いのもと (口は禍のもと)¶ → 災いを招く (禍を招く)* * *わざわい【災い・禍】(serious) trouble; (an) evil; a curse; 〔不幸〕 (a) misfortune; 〔災難〕 (a) disaster; a calamity; woe.~する do harm [mischief]; ruin.●前日の徹夜が災いして心臓発作を起こした. Staying up all night the day before caused his heart attack.
・新任の課長はあの性格が災いして部下に人気がない. The new section chief isn't popular with her subordinates because of that personality of hers.
・災いされる be cursed 《by…》.
●一家に次々と災いが降りかかった. The family had one misfortune after another [a series of misfortunes].
●災いとなる be injurious 《to…》; be the ruin 《of…》; bring evil 《to…》; prove a curse 《to…》
・彼は美貌が災いとなった. His good looks were his downfall.
●災いにあう meet with a calamity [misfortune].
●口は災いの因(もと). ⇒くち. 【諺】
●災いを招く invite [court] a disaster; 〔自ら〕 bring a calamity upon oneself
・災いを避ける keep out of harm's way
・災いを転じて福となす turn a misfortune into a blessing
・彼の存在そのものがわれわれに災いをもたらすのだ. His presence itself brings misfortune to us.
●災いなるかな. Woe to the man!
・人に災いあれと願う wish sb evil; wish evil on sb
・福あれば災いあり. Good and evil are interwoven.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.