Word Meaning 縁起の悪い

えんぎのわるい engi no warui

縁起の悪い is read as えんぎのわるい (engi no warui) and means ominous.

Meaning

English

  1. ominous
  2. ill-omened
  3. inauspicious
  4. unlucky
  5. sinister

Reading

Kana

えんぎのわるい

Romaji

engi no warui

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 39 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 101495 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

縁起が悪い

えんぎがわるい

of bad omen

縁起がいい

えんぎがいい

of good omen

縁起のいい

えんぎのいい

of good omen

縁起

えんぎ

dependent arising

縁起物

えんぎもの

talisman

縁起直し

えんぎなおし

change of fortune

縁起担

えんぎかつぎ

being superstitious

縁起を担ぐ

えんぎをかつぐ

to be superstitious

十二縁起説

じゅうにえんぎせつ

Buddhist theory of the twelve-fold chain of causation, interdependent origination and co-dependent arising (San: pratītya-samutpāda)

因縁生起

いんねんせいき

dependent arising

悪因縁

あくいんねん

evil destiny

Example Sentences

2

Don't say such ill-omened things.

Four is an unlucky number in Japanese.