to be experiencing a period of bad luck
不運な時期を経験している (fuun na jiki wo keiken shiteiru)
"He’s down on his luck and can’t find a job."
"彼は不運な時期を経験していて、仕事が見つからない。" (kare wa fuun na jiki wo keiken shiteite, shigoto ga mitsukaranai)
succeeding after two failures
to make progress or advance
to monitor or see how someone or something is doing
to be extremely frustrated and have no patience left
Very quickly, almost instantaneously.
to have the mindset that you are capable of doing something