ハードラック

noun

hard luck; misfortune

A direct loan from English, used to refer to bad luck or unfortunate circumstances. Often appears in casual or colloquial contexts.

• 彼かれはハードラック続つづきで、仕し事ごとも失うしなった。

  He's had a run of hard luck and even lost his job.

• ハードラックとしか言いいようがない。

  There's no other way to describe it but hard luck.