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不羈独立 (ふきどくりつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

不ふ羈き独どく立りつ

Meanings

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noun

free and independent; unfettered independence

yojijukugo (four-character idiom)

A literary yojijukugo expressing complete freedom and self-reliance, free from any external constraints. Rare in modern everyday language.

彼かれは不ふ羈き独どく立りつの精せい神しんで新あたらしい事じ業ぎょうを始はじめた。
He started a new business with a spirit of unfettered independence.

Kanji

不negative, non-, bad
羈reins, connection
独single, alone, spontaneously
立

stand up, rise, set up

Similar words

独どく立りつ
独立 is the common word for independence; 不羈独立 adds the nuance of being unrestrained and free-spirited.
自じ由ゆう奔ほん放ぽう
自由奔放 means free and uninhibited, often describing a person's behavior; 不羈独立 emphasizes independence from external control.

Etymology

A yojijukugo combining 不羈 (unrestrained, unfettered) and 独立 (independence). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it is a literary compound expressing the ideal of complete personal freedom.