- unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; disaster; accident
- death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
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A creepy cry that sounds like a human voice, velvet black wings, the image of tearing into dead flesh; crows are known across the world as an ill-omened bird that flies down with ill-luck.
"Does your back hurt?" "No, not really." "Oh, that's something then, isn't it?"