trouble ②care

calamity

misfortune ②unlucky year

driving off a troublesome person

burden ②hanger-on

calamity

troublesome matter

unlucky day ②critical day (for a crop)

the year before a critical age

unlucky year ②bad year

exorcism ②exorcism performed door to door, in exchange for beans and money (on the night of New Year's Eve or Setsubun)

warding off evil

hardship and misfortune

escape from evil

critical year in one's life

encumbrance

nuisance

the year before the unlucky year

calamity

victimized by the unlucky year

United Kingdom