adversity

noun

a stroke of ill fortune
不運な巡り合わせ

a calamitous event
災難な出来事
- a period marked by adversities
  逆境と目された時期
a state of misfortune or affliction
不幸なもしくは苦痛な状態
- debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity
  困窮で苦しむ借金苦の百姓
- a life of hardship
  難儀な生活

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