運悪く電話が故障していた。

運悪く電話が故障していた。

Unfortunately the telephone was out of order.

運(うん)悪(わる)く電話(でんわ)が故障(こしょう)していた。

Un waruku denwa ga koshōshiteita.

運 (うん)

fortune; luck

悪い (わるい)

bad; poor; inferior; evil; sinful; unprofitable; unbeneficial; at fault; to blame; in the wrong; sorry

電話 (でんわ)

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

故障 (こしょう)

breakdown; failure; fault; accident; out of order; damage; hurt; objection; protest

Readings: ウン、はこ.ぶ

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

Readings: アク、オ、わる.い、わる-、あ.し、にく.い、 -にく.い、ああ、いずくに、いずくんぞ、にく.む

Meanings: bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong

Reading: デン

Meaning: electricity

Readings: ワ、はな.す、はなし

Meanings: tale, talk

Readings: コ、ゆえ、ふる.い、もと

Meanings: happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently

Readings: ショウ、さわ.る

Meanings: hinder, hurt, harm