(1)禍(ﾜｻﾞﾜｲ)を取り去り、命を延(ﾉ)べること。 ｢延命息災｣とも呼ぶ。
(2)無事で長生きすること。
さらに詳しく
(1)大損害や不幸をもたらす出来事
(2)an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"
