悪あく運うん

noun

undeserved good luck; dumb luck; luck of the devil

Refers to luck that seems undeserved or almost supernatural, often with a negative or envious tone. Used when someone escapes trouble or succeeds without apparent merit.

• 彼かれは悪あく運うんが強つよくて、いつもピンチを切きり抜ぬける。

  He has the devil's own luck and always gets out of tight spots.

• あの男おとこの悪あく運うんには呆あきれるよ。

  I'm amazed at that guy's dumb luck.

noun

bad luck

Less common than the 'undeserved good luck' sense. Can be ambiguous; context usually clarifies whether it means good luck that seems undeserved or actual misfortune.

• 悪あく運うんに見み舞まわれて、事じ業ぎょうに失しっ敗ぱいした。

  Struck by bad luck, his business failed.