不ふ運うん

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

Refers to an unlucky state or event. Often used in formal or written contexts, but also common in everyday speech. Antonym: 幸運 (こううん, good luck).

Antonyms: 幸運

不ふ運うんに見み舞まわれるto be struck by misfortune
彼かれは事じ業ぎょうで大おおきな不ふ運うんに見み舞まわれた。
He was struck by great misfortune in his business.
不ふ運うんな〈事こと〉an unlucky (event/accident/etc.)
不ふ運うんな事じ故こで試し合あいに出でられなかった。
Due to an unlucky accident, he couldn't play in the match.
〈人ひと〉の不ふ運うんを嘆なげくto lament someone's misfortune
友ゆう人じんたちは彼かの女じょの不ふ運うんを嘆なげいた。
Her friends lamented her misfortune.
不ふ運うんが続つづくfor bad luck to continue
最さい近きん、不ふ運うんが続つづいている。
My bad luck has been continuing lately.

不ふ幸こうN3
不運 focuses on bad luck or chance, whereas 不幸 leans toward unhappiness or tragedy in a broader sense.
悲ひ運うん
悲運 is a more literary word for a tragic or cruel fate, while 不運 is the everyday term for simple bad luck.
災さい難なんN2
災難 refers to a concrete disaster or mishap that befalls someone, while 不運 describes the underlying lack of luck.
凶きょう
不運 is the everyday word for bad luck or misfortune in daily life, while 凶 is more formal and typically appears in set compounds or fortune-telling contexts.

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運うんN3
不運 specifically means bad luck or misfortune, while 運 is neutral and can go either way.
厄やく
不運 is a general, secular word for bad luck, whereas 厄 is tied to traditional beliefs about ages and evil spirits.
不ふ幸しあわせN1
不運 focuses narrowly on bad luck or unlucky events, whereas 不幸せ covers a broader unhappy emotional state or life situation.

幸こう運うんN3
good luck; fortune
幸さいわいN3
不運 means 'unluckily', the opposite of 幸い used adverbially to mean 'luckily'.
ついてる
不運 means 'unlucky, unfortunate', the opposite state from ついてる, which expresses being lucky.
ラッキーN3
不運 describes bad luck or misfortune, the direct opposite of ラッキー's good luck.

Compound of 不 (ふ, 'not') and 運 (うん, 'luck'). The kanji combination directly conveys the meaning of 'bad luck'.