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厄年 やくどし

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

厄前 やくまえ

  1. the year before the unlucky year
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