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    3. 数奇

    数奇

    数すう奇き

    misfortune

    KMT9News #31+1Noun, AdjectiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab21 strokes

    すうきさっき

    Noun, Adjective

    1.
    misfortune, adverse fortune, hapless fate
    2.
    checkered (life, career, etc.), varied, eventful, dramatic, full of ups and downs

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    彼かれは数すう奇きな運うん命めいを辿たどった。

    He followed a checkered fate.

    KMT7Emotions & Psychology
    その作さっ家かの生しょう涯がいは、まさに数すう奇きなものであった。

    The life of that author was truly eventful and full of ups and downs.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyLiterature
    数すう奇きな人じん生せいを歩あゆんだ彼かれだからこそ、深ふかい洞どう察さつ力りょくを持もっていた。

    Precisely because he lived such a checkered life, he possessed deep insight.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    戦せん争そうによって、多おおくの人ひと々びとが数すう奇きな運うん命めいを強しいられた。

    Many people were forced into unfortunate fates by the war.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyHistory
    彼かの女じょの数すう奇きな体たい験けん談だんは、聴ちょう衆しゅうを惹ひきつけた。

    Her dramatic personal story captivated the audience.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    数
    かず・かぞ.える・しばしば・せ.める・わずらわ.しい…(6)
    number・strength・fate・law・figures
    奇
    く.しき・あや.しい・くし・めずら.しい…(1)
    strange・strangeness・curiosity
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