口は災いの元

くちはわざわいのもと

words can lead to disaster; the tongue is the root of calamities; the more you open your mouth the more likely you are to put your foot in it

口元

くちもと

mouth, lips

元は

もとは

originally

禍の府

わざわいのふ

sink of iniquity

禍

まが わざわい

wickedness, evil, calamity, disaster

病は口より入り禍は口より出ず

やまいはくちよりいりわざわいはくちよりいず

be moderate with your mouth; sickness enters through the mouth, calamities come out of the mouth

禍禍しい

まがまがしい

ominous, sinister, unlucky, ill-omened

風雨の禍

ふううのか ふううのわざわい

disaster caused by wind and rain

はけ口

はけぐち さばけぐち

outlet (e.g. for water or gas)

はき口

はきぐち

outlet (for water or gas); spillway

筆禍

ひっか

troubles brought on by what one has written

薬禍

やっか

harmful side effects of a medicine or drug

黄禍

こうか

Yellow Peril

災禍

さいか

accident, calamity, mistake, catastrophe

戦禍

せんか

war damages, ravages of war

患禍

かんか

disaster; calamity; trouble

白禍

はっか しろか

White Peril (i.e. takeover by white race(s))

舌禍

ぜっか

slip of tongue

禍福

かふく

fortune and misfortune, prosperity and adversity, good and evil, weal and woe