Kanji Details:
- 由
- Frequency:325
- Kun: よし, よ.る
- On: ユ, ユウ, ユイ
- Meaning: wherefore, a reason
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 由 よし reason, significance, cause 自由 じゆう freedom, liberty, as it pleases you 理由 りゆう reason, pretext, motive 経由 けいゆ go by the way, via 不自由 ふじゆう discomfort, inconvenience; poverty, want, destitution; disability, impairment (physical, mental, etc.) 自由化 じゆうか liberalization, liberalisation, freeing 自由形 じゆうがた freestyle (e.g. swimming event) 自由主義 じゆうしゅぎ liberalism 由来 ゆらい origin, source, history, derivation, reason, destiny 自由経済 じゆうけいざい free economy