Unhappiness, misfortune in Japanese 🇯🇵

ふこう info.

Tips to remember the Japanese word "ふこう" (fukou):

1. Mnemonic: Think of "fu" as representing a negative prefix (like in "fu-un" which means misfortune) and "kou" which sounds like "coat." Imagine a heavy, unlucky coat that you wear when you're feeling unhappy or experiencing misfortune.
2. Visual: Picture someone carrying a heavy load of unlucky items in their coat pockets, each item representing an aspect of misfortune or unhappiness.

Explanations:

– Unhappiness: A state of feeling dissatisfied, sad, or unfulfilled.
– Misfortune: A situation or event that brings about disappointment, hardship, or bad luck.

Other words that mean the same thing:

– 不運 (ふうん, fuun): Misfortune or bad luck.
– 災難 (さいなん, sainan): Disaster, calamity, or misfortune.
– 悲しみ (かなしみ, kanashimi): Sadness, sorrow.

Alternate meanings like slang: "ふこう" (fukou) does not have commonly used slang meanings, and it generally maintains its traditional definitions of unhappiness or misfortune.

Examples of sentences that use "ふこう" (fukou):

1. 彼は生涯にわたって多くの不幸を経験した。
– Kare wa shougai ni watatte ooku no fukou o keiken a.
– He experienced a lot of misfortune throughout his life.

2. その知らせは彼に深い不幸をもたらした。
– Sono shirase wa kare ni fukai fukou o motaraa.
– That news brought him deep unhappiness.

3. 彼女は不幸な家庭で育った。
– Kanojo wa fukou na katei de sodatta.
– She grew up in an unhappy household.

4. 彼は強い心でその不幸を乗り越えた。
– Kare wa tsuyoi kokoro de sono fukou o norikoeta.
– He overcame that misfortune with a strong spirit.

Romanized characters:
– Kanji: 不幸
– Hiragana: ふこう
– Romanji: Fukou

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