experiencing a period of bad luck
不運な時期を過ごす (fuun na jiki o sugosu)
"He’s been down on his luck since losing his job."
"彼は仕事を失ってから不運な時期を過ごしています。" (Kare wa shigoto o ushinatte kara fūn na jiki o sugoshiteimasu.)
to make a bad situation even worse
to imagine pleasant things while awake
to set a limit on what is acceptable
the best of a group; the finest selection
to pass something to someone of a later generation
someone who takes time to understand or learn things
