Entry
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)

    out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope

    あのブロンドの女と一緒にいる現場を妻におさえられたのでは、彼ももう運のつきだ。
    His wife caught him out with that blonde and then he was really up shit creek without a paddle.

Also written 運のつき【うんのつき】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

carry, luck, destiny, fate, lot, transport, progress, advance

Kun
はこ.ぶ
On
ウン
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
255 of 2500
Radical
walk
WaniKani
Level 10

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-3-9SKIP code
2q9.10The Kanji Dictionary
3730.4Four corner code
3655deroo
904bUnicode hex code
1-17-31JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4725Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6092New Nelson (John Haig)
3140New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3894Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2006Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2707Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
303Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
325Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
179A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1808Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
373Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
38998PMorohashi
231A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
439Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
445Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
157sakade
263Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
251henshall3
389Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
157crowley
304Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.7busy_people
704Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
309Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yun4Pinyin reading
unKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
10WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

exhaust, use up, run out of, deplete, befriend, serve

Kun
つ.きるつ.くすつ.かす-づ.く-ず.くことごと.く
On
ジンサン
Strokes
6
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1234 of 2500
Radical
corpse
WaniKani
Level 48

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
3-3-3, 3-4-2SKIP code
3r3.1The Kanji Dictionary
7730.3Four corner code
3740deroo
5c3dUnicode hex code
1-31-52JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1380Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1408New Nelson (John Haig)
3050New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3786Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1932Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2624Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1071Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1152Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1603A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
290Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1530Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7642Morohashi
1447A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1726Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1844Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1229Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1072Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1726Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
523Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1080Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jin3, jin4Pinyin reading
jinKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
48WaniKani level