本厄

Reading

Kana: ほんやく

Romaji: hon'yaku

Definition

noun

1

critical year in one's life; inauspicious year

See also: 厄年

Kanji

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

厄

Reading: ヤク

Meanings: unlucky, misfortune, bad luck, disaster