What does 災い mean?
災い is a Japanese noun meaning “disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble” in English. It is written as 災い in kanji, わざわい in hiragana, and wazawai in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.
Example sentence
災いを転じて福としなさい。
Turn your misfortune to account.