厄年

やくどし yakudoshi

Unlucky year

Unlucky year: Korean 액년 (aeknyeon) is written with the same characters as Japanese 厄年 (yakudoshi), but the Korean word is rare, dated or used differently.

Korean twin · weak cognate

액년

aek-nyeon

  1. 厄やくyaku액aek
  2. 年どしdoshi년nyeon

Japanese readingKorean reading of the same character

Same hanja, but the Korean word is rare, dated or used differently. Use it as a memory hook, not a translation.

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