This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Reading

Kana: まが
Romaji: maga
Kana
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Definition

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wickedness; evil; calamity; disaster

Note: archaism

Kanji

Readings: カ、 わざわい
Meanings: calamity, misfortune, evil, curse
Readings: キョク、 ま.がる、 ま.げる、 くま
Meanings: bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean

Example Sentences

(くち)(わざわい)(もん)
➥The tongue wounds more than a lance.
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(わか)(ひと)たちは戦禍(せんか)というものを(あたま)でしか()らない。
➥Young people know the disasters of war only in the abstract.
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あなたには(わざわい)前兆(ぜんちょう)である壁上(かべじょう)()きものが()めるかもしれないが、(わたし)にはちんぷんかんぷんだ。
➥You may be able to read the handwriting on the wall, but it is Greek to me.
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禍福(かふく)(あざな)える(なわ)(ごと)し。
➥When an ill wind blows it does good to no one.
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私達(わたしたち)はそれを(わざわい)とせず最善(さいぜん)()くして頑張(がんば)っていかなくてはならない。
➥We'll have to try and make the best of it.
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