- 避 verbto avoidto dodge; to shun; to evade; to escape or hide from; to withdraw from (e.g. society or a formal setting)
- ominousominous; inauspicious; unlucky; the opposite of 吉
- to pursue(bound form) to seek or pursue; to gravitate toward or curry favor with someone influential
- 吉 nounadjectivelucky(bound form) lucky; auspicious; propitious; the opposite of 凶