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    3. 不自由

    不自由

    不ふ自じ由ゆう

    discomfort

    N3KMT4News #7+1CoreMedicine & HealthEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab15 strokes

    ふじゆう

    Noun, Adjective, Participle, Verb

    1.
    discomfort, inconvenience
    2.
    poverty, want, destitution, lack

    Noun, Adjective

    3.
    inability, disability, impairment (physical, mental, etc.), nonfluency (in a language)

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    足あしが不ふ自じ由ゆうです。

    My leg is disabled (I have difficulty with my leg).

    KMT3Medicine & Health
    彼かれは目めが見みえないため、生せい活かつに多た少しょうの不ふ自じ由ゆうがある。

    Because he cannot see, he experiences some inconvenience in his daily life.

    KMT4Medicine & HealthDaily Life
    海かい外がい旅りょ行こうでは言こと葉ばの不ふ自じ由ゆうを感かんじることがある。

    When traveling abroad, one might feel inconvenience due to language barriers.

    KMT5Emotions & PsychologyTravel & Transportation
    高こう齢れいになると、体からだのあちこちに不ふ自じ由ゆうを感かんじることが増ふえる。

    As one gets older, one increasingly feels physical discomforts in various parts of the body.

    KMT5Medicine & HealthEmotions & Psychology
    災さい害がいで交こう通つうが不ふ自じ由ゆうになり、物ぶっ資しゆの輸そ送うに支し障しょうが出でた。

    Due to the disaster, transportation became inconvenient, hindering the delivery of supplies.

    KMT6Daily LifeTravel & Transportation

    Kanji that make up this word

    不
    negative・non-・bad・ugly・clumsy
    自
    みずか.ら・おの.ずから・おの.ずと…(3)
    oneself
    由
    よし・よ.る…(3)
    wherefore・a reason
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