WORD DETAIL
本厄
ほんやく
Examples
Included kanji
Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure:
本厄(ほんやく)refers to the principal year within a period traditionally regarded as unlucky. - Basic usage: It appears when someone is concerned about a customary age-related unlucky year or goes to a shrine to pray.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- The same reading as 翻訳
翻訳(ほんやく)means translation between languages. It shares the reading but differs from本厄in contexts of age, unlucky years, and prayer.

