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不幸

JLPT N3 · Vocabulary

不幸 — “unhappy, unfortunate, miserable”

不幸 (read ふこう) means unhappy, unfortunate, miserable. It appears on the JLPT N3 vocabulary list and is a adjective.

Reading

ふこう

Meaning

unhappy, unfortunate, miserable

不幸 in a sentence

不幸ふこうな事故じこが起おきた。

An unfortunate accident occurred.

The kanji in 不幸

不negative prefix (un-, in-, not)
幸happiness, good fortune

Words that share a kanji with 不幸

不便ふべん— inconvenient
不ふ— un-, non-, in- (negative prefix)
不安ふあん— anxious, uneasy, worried
不可ふか— not allowed, failing, impossible
不思議ふしぎ— mysterious, strange, wondrous
不自由ふじゆう— inconvenient, lacking, disabled
不正ふせい— injustice, dishonesty, fraud
不足ふそく— shortage, insufficiency, lack

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