不自由 (ふじゆう) Meaning & Kanji Breakdown — "discomfort, inconvenience" | Shibashi Japanese Kanji Mnemonics

ふじゆう

不自由

NA-A

DISCOMFORT, INCONVENIENCE (inconvenience)

じ自 • SELF

ゆう由 • REASON

When you are not (不) allowed to let your self (自) be the reason (由) for your actions, you experience great inconvenience.

CONSTITUENT KANJI BREAKDOWN

Kanji Inside 不自由 (discomfort, inconvenience)

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Kanji 不 (Not) mnemonic tile

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不幸 N

ふこう

unhappiness, sorrow, misfortune, disaster, accident, death, sorrow, misfortune, disaster, accident, death

不 N

ふ

un, non, negative prefix

不可 N

ふか

wrong, bad, improper, unjustifiable, inadvisable, bad, improper, unjustifiable, inadvisable

不利 N

ふり

disadvantage, handicap, unfavorable, drawback, handicap, unfavorable, drawback

不眠 N

ふみん

insomnia, sleeplessness

自身 N

じしん

by oneself, personally

自由 na-A

じゆう

freedom, liberty, liberty

理由 N

りゆう

reason, grounds, pretext, excuse, motive