Lingaku- to bring calamity upon oneself; to invite disaster; to court disaster
expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.); Godan verb with 'ku' ending
Forms
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- to bring calamity upon oneself; to invite disaster; to court disaster
This phrase is used to describe actions or behaviors that can lead to negative outcomes or misfortune, indicating that the person is unintentionally or carelessly attracting bad luck.
Generated collocations (experimental)
わざわいをまねく災いを招くto bring calamity upon oneselfわざわい災いをさける避けるto avoid disasterわざわい災いをもたらすto bring disasterてんさい天災をまねく招くto invite a natural disasterわざわい災いをよぶ呼ぶto call forth disasterふうん不運をまねく招くto invite misfortuneふこう不幸をまねく招くto invite unhappinessおろか愚かなこうどう行動がわざわいをまねく災いを招くfoolish behavior brings disasterわざわい災いをふせぐ防ぐto prevent disasterわざわい災いのたね種a seed of disaster