Word Meaning 禍福は糾える縄のごとし

かふくはあざなえるなわのごとし kafuku ha azanaerunawanogotoshi

禍福は糾える縄のごとし is read as かふくはあざなえるなわのごとし (kafuku ha azanaerunawanogotoshi) and means fortune and misfortune are intertwined.

Meaning

English

  1. fortune and misfortune are intertwined
  2. fortune and misfortune come by turns
  3. good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope)
  4. good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours

Reading

Kana

かふくはあざなえるなわのごとし

Romaji

kafuku ha azanaerunawanogotoshi

Writing Variants

  • 禍福はあざなえる縄のごとし かふくはあざなえるなわのごとし kafukuhaazanaerunawanogotoshi
  • 禍福はあざなえる縄の如し かふくはあざなえるなわのごとし kafukuhaazanaerunawa no gotoshi
  • 禍福は糾える縄の如し かふくはあざなえるなわのごとし kafuku ha azanaerunawa no gotoshi

Stroke Sequence

11 Characters • 64 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Proverb Rank 149440 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

禍福得喪

かふくとくそう

calamity, good fortune, success and failure

吉凶禍福

きっきょうかふく

good and bad fortune, and weal and woe

禍根

かこん

root of an evil

禍事

まがごと

misfortune

禍の府

わざわいのふ

sink of iniquity

禍害

かがい

evil

禍根を残す

かこんをのこす

to create a breeding ground for future problems

禍津日神

まがつひのかみ

evil gods (who cause sin, etc.)

禍因

かいん

cause of trouble

沖縄香ばし

おきなわこうばし

Lindera communis (species of spicebush)

縄張り

なわばり

territory (of an animal)

なわ

policeman's rope