How to say unlucky in Japanese

アンラッキーANRAKKII Inflection

adjectival noun:

  • unlucky

Example Sentences

あんなanna物monoをwo投げ下ろせばnageoroseba、運悪くunwaruku当たったatatta人hitoはha、ケガKEGAをwoするsuru。
If you throw something like that down, if someone's unlucky enough to be hit they'll be injured.
不運fuunにもnimoＡＬＳにniかかってkakatteしまったshimattaことkotoはha別としてbetsutoshite、私watashiはha、他のtanoほとんどhotondoすべてのsubeteno天tenでde幸運kouunであったdeatta。
Apart from being unlucky enough to get ALS, I have been fortunate in almost every other respect.
彼kareはha気の毒なkinodokuna程hodo不運fuunだda。
He's unlucky to a pitiful extent.
彼kareはha１３がga不吉なfukitsuna数kazuだdaというtoiu迷信meishinをwo信じているshinjiteiru。
He believes in the superstition that 13 is an unlucky number.
私watashiはha、ギャンブルGYANBURUにはniha向いてないmukaitenaiとto思うomou。そういうsouiu運unがgaないnaiというかtoiuka、働いてhataraite稼いだkaseida方houがga確実kakujitsuだdaしshi。
I'm not cut out for gambling. Maybe I'm just unlucky, but working for my pay is more of a sure thing.

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