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yakudoshi

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  1. unlucky year; critical year; year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky (orig. in Onmyōdō)

  2. bad year; annus horribilis

Full entry for 厄年

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atoyaku

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  1. the year following an inauspicious year

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hon'yaku

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  1. critical year in one's life; inauspicious year

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maeyaku

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  1. the year before a critical age; the year before an inauspicious year

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