Meaning of 不運 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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不運JLPT 2
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Kana Readingふうん
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Romajifūn
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
- Meaning
- unlucky; misfortune; bad luck; fate
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Example Sentences
不運, ふうん used in context
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Unfortunately the guide went wrong.
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Unfortunately, Brian met with bad weather.
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不運にもＡＬＳにかかってしまったことは別として、私は、他のほとんどすべての天で幸運であった。
Apart from being unlucky enough to get ALS, I have been fortunate in almost every other respect.
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Unfortunately he got his leg broken in the accident.
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It was unfortunate that he lost his passport.
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She sympathized with those unfortunate people.
Related Kanji
Kanji found in this word
carry, luck, destiny, fate, lot, transport, progress, advance
On: ウン
Kun: はこ.ぶ
12 strokes
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