不自由

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4

Grade: 2
ゆう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of () (fu-) + ()(ゆう) (jiyū)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) じゆう [fúꜜjìyùù] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ʑijɯ̟ː]

Adjective

()()(ゆう) • (fujiyū-na (adnominal ()()(ゆう) (fujiyū na), adverbial ()()(ゆう) (fujiyū ni))

  1. inconvenient
  2. impaired, disabled
    (みみ)不自由(ふじゆう)(ひと)
    mimi no fujiyū na hito
    person who is hearing-impaired

Inflection

Noun

()()(ゆう) • (fujiyū

  1. inconvenience
  2. impairment, disability

Verb

()()(ゆう)する • (fujiyū suruintransitive suru (stem ()()(ゆう) (fujiyū shi), past ()()(ゆう)した (fujiyū shita))

  1. be hampered
  2. be scarce
    • 1990, 豊島与志雄, 長彦と丸彦[1]:
      そのひでりのため、米や芋がほとんどとれませんでしたから、そのあたりの人々は、たいへん困りました。食ものにもだんだん不自由するようになりました。
      Sono hideri no tame, kome ya imo ga hotondo tore masen deshita kara, sono atari no hitobito wa, taihen komari mashita. Tabemono ni mo dandan fujiyū suru yō ni nari mashita.
      Because of the drought, people in the area were unable to harvest much rice or potatoes, which caused great hardship for them. Food also gradually became scarce.

Conjugation