Noun
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
災いを転じて福としなさい。Turn your misfortune to account.
Also written 禍【わざわい】、殃【わざわい】
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余殃よおう
Nountrouble brought on by sins of forebears
池魚の殃ちぎょのわざわい
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Nouncollateral damage; getting embroiled in someone else's dispute; having a fire spread to one's own house
積不善の家には必ず余殃ありせきふぜんのいえにはかならずよおうあり
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)iniquities of fathers are visited upon their sons