厄 - unlucky, misfortune, bad luck

unlucky year; critical year; year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky (orig. in Onmyōdō)

misfortune; bad luck; evil; disaster

trouble; burden; nuisance; bother; worry

Ecuador

encumbrance; burden; drag

distress; disaster

warding off evil; protecting against misfortune

bad luck; misfortune

to exorcise; to escape evil

United Kingdom; Britain; England

the trouble is ...; to make matters worse; troublingly

source of trouble