Word Meaning 厄年

やくどし yakudoshi

厄年 is read as やくどし (yakudoshi) and means bad year.

Meaning

English

  1. bad year
  2. annus horribilis
  3. unlucky year
  4. critical year
  5. year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky (orig. in Onmyōdō)

Reading

Kana

やくどし

Romaji

yakudoshi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 10 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 12692 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

厄介

やっかい

trouble

やく

unlucky year

謹賀新年

きんがしんねん

Happy New Year

往年

おうねん

years gone by

壮年

そうねん

prime of life

隔年

かくねん

biennially

暦年

れきねん

calendar year

没年

ぼつねん

one's age at death

享年

きょうねん

one's age at death

亥年

いどし

year of the Boar

亥の年

いのとし

year of the Boar

製作年

せいさくねん

year of manufacture

Example Sentences

1

ことしはわたしのやくどしです。

This year is my unlucky year.