Word Meaning 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

禍福は糾える縄の如し is read as かふくはあざなえるなわのごとし (kafuku ha azanaerunawa no gotoshi) 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 azanaerunawa no gotoshi

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
  • 禍福は糾える縄のごとし かふくはあざなえるなわのごとし kafuku ha azanaerunawanogotoshi

Stroke Sequence

10 Characters • 64 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Proverb Rank 147897 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

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禍を転じて福となす

わざわいをてんじてふくとなす

to turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts)

禍転じて福となす

わざわいてんじてふくとなす

to turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts)

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

禍言

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

まがついのかみ

evil gods (who cause sin, etc.)

禍因

かいん

cause of trouble

如し

ごとし

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