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厄年 [spec2,news2,nf44]
【 やくどし [spec2,news2,nf44] 】
1. [n]
▶ unlucky year
▶ critical year
▶ [expl] year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky (orig. in Onmyōdō)
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1170530 陰陽道 1. Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements
  ⇐ see: 1394120 前厄【まえやく】 1. the year before a critical age; the year before an inauspicious year
  ⇐ see: 1678530 後厄【あとやく】 1. the year following an inauspicious year
  ⇐ see: 2545600 本厄【ほんやく】 1. critical year in one's life; inauspicious year
  ⇐ see: 1537810 厄【やく】 2. unlucky year; critical year; year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky
2. [n]
▶ bad year
▶ annus horribilis



History:
6. A 2020-09-20 23:10:49  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
5. A* 2020-09-20 21:58:42  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
Two senses in daijr and meikyo.
  Diff: 
@@ -17,0 +18 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="1170530">陰陽道</xref>
@@ -20 +21,6 @@
-<gloss g_type="expl">certain years (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that are considered unlucky (orig. in Onmyōdō)</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="expl">year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky (orig. in Onmyōdō)</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<gloss>bad year</gloss>
+<gloss>annus horribilis</gloss>
4. A 2019-03-05 05:55:01  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2019-03-04 23:25:22  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
厄年 isn't really the "belief" but the "year" (and I believe expl glosses should work as actual glosses, not as descriptions/comments). 
Gloss could perhaps be improved still.
  Diff: 
@@ -20 +20 @@
-<gloss g_type="expl">orig. Onmyōdō belief that certain years esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women, are unlucky</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="expl">certain years (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that are considered unlucky (orig. in Onmyōdō)</gloss>
2. A* 2019-03-01 05:12:45  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
GG5: an unlucky [a bad, an evil] year; 〔年齢〕 a 「climacteric [critical] age.
中辞典: an unlucky [a bad] year; 〈年齢〉 a critical year (for one)
  Comments: 
I think this works.
  Diff: 
@@ -20 +20 @@
-<gloss g_type="expl">orig. Onmyōdō belief that certain years (and preceding and following years) are unlucky. 男の25歳・42 歳、女の19歳・33歳をいい、特に、男の42歳と女の33歳は大厄(たいやく)とされる。</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="expl">orig. Onmyōdō belief that certain years esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women, are unlucky</gloss>
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