不幸

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 不幸 is read as ふこう and can mean unhappiness or a misfortune.
• Basic usage: It describes a life judged unhappy or repeated misfortunes that a family overcomes together.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Calling a life unhappy
  • 人生を不幸だと決めつける means declaring an entire life unhappy because of one failure. Example: 一つの失敗だけで人生を不幸だと決めつけないでください。
• Enduring repeated misfortunes
  • 度重なる不幸 refers to the successive hardships the family supports one another through. Example: 物語の家族は度重なる不幸を支え合って乗り越えます。