Info on the Kanji 由

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Meaning(s)

wherefore, a reason

Reading(s)

onyomi YU, YUU, YUI
kunyomi yoshi

Other

stroke count 5
grade 3
jlpt level N3
Example words with 由
WordMeaning

yu
reason / significance / cause
いんゆ
in yu
cause
けいゆ
keiyu
through / by way of / via / to go via / to go by way of
はらゆ
hara yu
reason / cause
そうろうゆ
sourou yu
i hear that ...
じゆう
jiyuu
reason / cause
じゆう
jiyuu
freedom / liberty / as it pleases you
ゆる
yu ru
to be due to / to be caused by / to depend on / to turn on / to be based on / to come from
ゆいしょ
yuisho
history / pedigree / lineage
ゆらい
yurai
origin / source / history / derivation / reason / destiny
らいゆ
rai yu
origin / cause
りゆう
riyuu
reason / pretext / motive
けいゆち
keiyuchi
transit point / transit airport / connection airport
じゆうに
jiyuu ni
freely
じゆうか
jiyuuka
liberalization / liberalisation / freeing
じゆうが
jiyuu ga
free drawing
じゆうぎょう
jiyuugyou
self-employed profession / liberal profession
じゆうかたち
jiyuu katachi
freestyle
じゆうけん
jiyuuken
civil liberties
じゆうみなと
jiyuu minato
a free port
じゆうざい
jiyuu zai
free goods
じゆうじん
jiyuujin
free person / free spirit / son of freedom
じゆうせき
jiyuuseki
unreserved seat
じゆうど
jiyuudo
degree of freedom
じゆうたみ
jiyuu tami
free people / free men
不自ふじゆう
fujiyuu
discomfort / inconvenience / poverty / want / destitution / disability / impairment
有るゆある
yu aru
of rank / of noble birth
来書ゆらいかき
yurai kaki
history / memoirs
海洋自かいようじゆう
kaiyou jiyuu
freedom of the sea
形式じゆうけいしき
jiyuu keishiki
free format
経済じゆうけいざい
jiyuukeizai
free economy
研究じゆうけんきゅう
jiyuukenkyuu
research project / independent research
市場じゆうしじょう
jiyuushijou
free market
思想じゆうしそう
jiyuu shisou
free thought
時間じゆうじかん
jiyuujikan
free time / time at leisure
自在じゆうじざい
jiyuujizai
free / unrestricted / complete mastery / completely in control
世界じゆうせかい
jiyuu sekai
free world
電子じゆうでんし
jiyuu denshi
free electron
都市じゆうとし
jiyuu toshi
free city / commune
放任じゆうほうにん
jiyuu hounin
laissez-faire / non-intervention
問題じゆうもんだい
jiyuu mondai
a free exercise
落下じゆうらっか
jiyuurakka
free fall
連合じゆうれんごう
jiyuu rengou
jiyuu rengou / liberal league
連想じゆうれんそう
jiyuurensou
free association
上告理じょうこくりゆう
joukoku riyuu
ground for appeal
性の自せいのじゆう
sei no jiyuu
sexual freedom
天然てんねんゆらい
tennen yurai
naturally-derived
判決理はんけつりゆう
hanketsu riyuu
ratio decidendi / reason for a verdict
ありげゆありげ
yu arige
meaningful / suggestive / seeming to be with a history / seeming to be with circumstances that are hard to explain
あり気ゆありき
yu ari ki
meaningful / suggestive / seeming to be with a history / seeming to be with circumstances that are hard to explain
しいゆゆしい
yuyushi i
grave / serious / alarming
しきゆゆしき
yuyushi ki
grave / serious / alarming
言論の自げんろんのじゆう
genron no jiyuu
free speech / freedom of speech
市場自しじょうじゆうか
shijou jiyuuka
market liberalization / market liberalisation / opening up of a market
思想の自しそうのじゆう
shisou no jiyuu
freedom of thought
耳の不自みみのふじゆう
mimi no fujiyuu
deafness / the deaf
か死かじゆうかしか
jiyuu ka shi ka
give me liberty, or give me death
の女神じゆうのめがみ
jiyuu no megami
statue of liberty
思想家じゆうしそうか
jiyuu shisouka
freethinker
民権論じゆうみんけんろん
jiyuuminken ron
democratic rights ideology
労働者じゆうろうどうしゃ
jiyuu roudousha
casual laborer / day laborer
集会の自しゅうかいのじゆう
shuukai no jiyuu
freedom of assembly
女に不自おんなにふじゆう
onna ni fujiyuu
a guy who never gets the women / nerd
信教の自しんきょうのじゆう
shinkyou no jiyuu
religious liberty
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