calamity; misfortune
凶事が続いて人々は不安に駆られた。
Calamities continued and people were driven by anxiety.
凶事を避けるためにお祓いを受けた。
We received a purification rite to ward off misfortune.
夢に凶事の前兆を見たと語った。
He said he saw a portent of calamity in a dream.