JLPT N2 · な-adjective

不運 (fuun)

不運 (ふうん, fuun) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “misfortune; bad luck”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ふうん
Romaji: fuun
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune · noun, な-adjective

Example sentences

彼は身の不運を嘆き悲しんだ。

He wept over his misfortunes.

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

Conjugation of 不運

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	不運だ	ふうんだ fuunda
Present (polite)	不運です	ふうんです fuundesu
Negative	不運じゃない	ふうんじゃない fuunjanai
Past	不運だった	ふうんだった fuundatta
Negative past	不運じゃなかった	ふうんじゃなかった fuunjanakatta
Te-form	不運で	ふうんで fuunde
Before a noun	不運な	ふうんな fuunna
Adverb (~ni)	不運に	ふうんに fuunni

Kanji in 不運

不

negative, non-, badフ・ブ · 4 strokes

運

carry, luck, destinyウン・はこ.ぶ · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 不運.

不便ふべんinconvenience不ふun-不安ふあんanxiety不可ふかwrong不幸ふこうunhappiness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-

Source: JMdict entry 1491290 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.