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    3. 凶

    凶

    凶きょう

    bad luck

    KMT10News #45+1NounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab4 strokes

    兇

    きょう

    Noun

    1.
    bad luck, ill fortune, misfortune

    Stroke 0 / 4

    Speed1.0x

    今きょ日うのおみくじは凶きょうだった。

    Today's fortune slip was bad luck.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyCulture & Traditions
    彼かれの人じん生せいには、度たび重かさなる凶きょうが訪おとずれた。

    Repeated misfortunes visited his life.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychology
    凶きょうを転てんじて吉きちと成なす、という諺ことわざがある。

    There is a proverb that says, "Turn misfortune into good fortune."

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyLiterature
    神じん社じゃで引ひいたおみくじが凶きょうだったので、結むすび所どころに結むすんで帰かえった。

    Since the fortune slip I drew at the shrine was bad luck, I tied it to the designated spot and left.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsEmotions & Psychology
    凶きょう報ほが届うとどき、彼かれは深ふかい悲かなしみに沈もぐんだ。

    The news of misfortune arrived, and he sank into deep sorrow.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    凶
    villain・evil・bad luck・disaster
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