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運否 (うんぷ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

運うん否ぷ

Meanings

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noun

good and bad fortune; luck

Refers to the ups and downs of fortune, often used in set phrases like 運否天賦 (leaving things to chance).

人じん生せいの運うん否ぷは誰だれにもわからない。
No one can know the good and bad fortune of life.
彼かれは運うん否ぷ天てん賦ぷで勝しょう負ぶに臨のぞんだ。
He faced the contest leaving the outcome to chance.

Kanji

運carry, luck, destiny
否negate, no, noes

Similar words

運うん命めい
運命 refers to fate or destiny as a predetermined course, while 運否 focuses on the mixture of good and bad luck in events.
運うん不ふ運うん
運不運 is a more colloquial way to say 'good luck and bad luck', whereas 運否 is more literary and often appears in classical or formal contexts.

Etymology

Compound of 運 (luck, fortune) and 否 (negation, bad), literally 'fortune and misfortune'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word is used in classical and formal Japanese.