Meaning
災い (わざわい, wazawai) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “disaster”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 12
口は災いの元です
The mouth is the source of misfortune.
口は禍の門。
The tongue wounds more than a lance.
彼に災いあれ。
Woe betide him!
口は災いの元。
Out of the mouth comes evil.
女は男の災いである。
A woman is the woe of man.
災い転じて福となる。
Good comes out of evil.
災い転じて福となせ。
To turn a disaster into an opportunity.
災いを転じて福としなさい。
Turn your misfortune to account.
彼の優柔不断が将来の災いの種をまいた。
His indecision sowed the seeds of future trouble.
不用意な言葉は大きな災いのもとになるであろう。
Thoughtless speech may give rise to great mischief.
持ち前の怪奇趣味が災いして度々事件の発端になる。
His interest in the bizarre being the cause, he is often the origin of trouble.
前日の強行軍が災いし、寒さと疲労を訴える者が続出した。
Many people complained of coldness and fatigue due to the forced march the previous day.