Search Terms: *由*
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noun
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reason, pretext, motive
Other readings:
理由【わけ】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kana usage
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
going through, going via, going by way of
Other readings:
経由【けいゆう】
noun, na-adjective, auxillary suru verb
1.
discomfort, inconvenience
2.
poverty, want, destitution
noun, na-adjective
3.
disability, impairment (physical, mental, etc.)
Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to be due to, to be caused by(usually kana)(esp. 依る;拠る)
2.
to depend on, to turn on(usually kana)(esp. 依る)
3.
to be based on, to come from(usually kana)(esp. 因る;由る)
4.
to be based at (a location, an organization), to be headquartered at(usually kana)(esp. 拠る)
Other readings:
よる《拠る》
、よる《依る》
、よる《由る》
noun
1.
reason, significance, cause
2.
piece of information that one has heard, I hear that ..., it is said that ...(only relevant for 由)
Other readings:
因【よし】
、縁【よし】
noun, auxillary suru verb
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liberalization, liberalisation, freeing
noun
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freestyle (e.g. swimming event)
Other readings:
自由型【じゆうがた】
noun, auxillary suru verb, adverb
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origin, source, history, derivation, reason, destiny
na-adjective
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free, unrestricted, (with) complete mastery, completely in control(yojijukugo)
noun
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self-employed profession (e.g. actor, artist), liberal profession
See also:フリーランサー
Common word
noun
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casual laborer (labourer), day laborer (labourer)
noun
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justifiable cause for noncompliance with the law
noun
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brother, lay brother, non-ordained member of a Christian religious order(archaism, usually kana)(early Japanese Christian term)
Other readings:
イルマン《伊留満》[1]
、イルマン《由婁漫》[1]
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
noun
1.
connection, relationship
2.
origin, reason, cause
3.
motive (e.g. for an act)
Other readings:
縁由【えんゆう】
expression
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to let a chance to do something slip through one's fingers(obscure)