不ふ自じ由ゆう

noun, na-adjective, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

poverty; want; destitution

Refers to a state of lacking material necessities, often used in the set phrase 不自由なく暮らす (to live without financial hardship). Slightly formal or literary.

• 彼かれは若わかい頃ころ、不ふ自じ由ゆうな生せい活かつを送おくった。

  He lived in poverty when he was young.

• 不ふ自じ由ゆうなく育そだてられた。

  I was raised without any financial hardship.

noun, na-adjective

disability; impairment; inability

Used for physical, mental, or sensory impairments, as well as lack of fluency in a language. Common in compounds like 目の不自由な人 (visually impaired person) or 英語が不自由だ (to be poor at English).

• 耳みみの不ふ自じ由ゆうな方かたのための設せつ備びがあります。

  There are facilities for people with hearing impairments.

• 彼かれは日本にほん語ごが不ふ自じ由ゆうで、通つう訳やくが必ひつ要ようだ。

  He has difficulty with Japanese, so he needs an interpreter.