LingakuFrequency rank: 12,367. – 12,406. (for form ふうん: 6,378. – 6,382.)
- misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortuneantonym: 幸運
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
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- misfortune
- bad luck
- ill luck
- ill fortune
This term is used to describe an unfortunate event or a situation that brings about negative consequences or outcomes.
A series of misfortunes has been happening.
This usage refers to an adverse circumstance that one feels is due to chance rather than personal fault or mistakes.
She said she had bad luck.
Similar to bad luck, this phrase conveys a sense of persistent misfortune or unluckiness that affects someone's circumstances.
This meaning indicates a broader, more abstract concept of unfortunate events or a string of unhappy occurrences in one’s life.
Generated collocations (experimental)
ふうん不運をなげく嘆くto lament bad luckふうん不運なできごと出来事unfortunate eventふうん不運をおしつけられる押し付けられるto be subjected to bad luckふうん不運のれんさ連鎖chain of misfortunesふうん不運なじょうきょう状況unfortunate situationふうん不運をうけいれる受け入れるto accept misfortuneふうん不運をのりこえる乗り越えるto overcome bad luckふうん不運をさける避けるto avoid misfortuneふうん不運なうんめい運命ill-fated destinyふうん不運をかんじる感じるto feel unfortunate
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Apart from being unlucky enough to get ALS, I have been fortunate in almost every other respect.
Unfortunately, he got his leg broken in the accident.
Is his failure ascribable to incompetence or to bad luck?