noun
wickedness; evil; calamity; disaster
Archaic noun for evil, wickedness, or calamity. Not used in modern everyday speech; appears in classical texts and fixed expressions.
古い文献では、禍を避けるための儀式が記されている。
Ancient documents describe rituals to avert calamity.
Modern common word for disaster or misfortune, unlike the archaic 禍.
Adjective meaning ominous or sinister, derived from the same root.
The historical derivation is uncertain; the kanji 禍 is conventionally associated with calamity and evil.