JLPT N3 · な-adjective

不幸 (fukou)

不幸 (ふこう, fukou) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “unhappiness; sorrow”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ふこう
Romaji: fukou
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; disaster; accident · noun, な-adjective
death (usu. of a relative); bereavement · noun

Example sentences

それで余計に彼は不幸になった。

That added to his unhappiness.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 不幸

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	不幸だ	ふこうだ fukouda
Present (polite)	不幸です	ふこうです fukoudesu
Negative	不幸じゃない	ふこうじゃない fukoujanai
Past	不幸だった	ふこうだった fukoudatta
Negative past	不幸じゃなかった	ふこうじゃなかった fukoujanakatta
Te-form	不幸で	ふこうで fukoude
Before a noun	不幸な	ふこうな fukouna
Adverb (~ni)	不幸に	ふこうに fukouni

Kanji in 不幸

不

negative, non-, badフ・ブ · 4 strokes

幸

happiness, blessing, fortuneコウ・さいわ.い・さち · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 不幸.

不便ふべんinconvenience不ふun-不安ふあんanxiety不可ふかwrong不正ふせいinjustice不足ふそくinsufficiency不通ふつうsuspension不平ふへいdiscontent不満ふまんdissatisfaction不利ふりdisadvantage不思議ふしぎwonderful不自由ふじゆうdiscomfort不ぶun-不運ふうんmisfortune

Source: JMdict entry 1492350 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.