Misfortune
Unlucky
If you're on the edge of a cliff with a snake, that's a misfortune. You're hanging off the edge of this cliff and you can't pull yourself back up. Then you notice a snake approaching your fingers, looking like it's gonna bite you. What a misfortune!
やく
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You decide to let go, but at the bottom of the cliff is an even greater misfortune: yak (やく). A whole stampeding herd of yak is passing just as you fall. Oops! You've accidentally committed yourself to the ultimate misfortune, death by yak trampling.