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自由奔放 (じゆうほんぽう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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彼かれ の 自じ 由ゆう 奔ほん 放ぽう な 生い き 方かた に 憧あこが れる 人ひと も 多おお い 。
Many people admire his freewheeling way of life.
Unrestrained ideas give birth to new art.
Related words 自由奔放 is the common four-character compound meaning 'free and uninhibited', while 奔放 alone is more literary and often used to describe a specific quality (e.g. of an artist's style).
自由奔放 stresses an uninhibited, expansive spirit unconstrained by convention, while 気まま simply describes doing as one pleases day to day.
自由奔放 describes living freely and unconventionally with a neutral or admiring tone, whereas 勝手気まま usually carries a critical nuance about ignoring others.
Etymology A yojijukugo composed of 自由 (freedom) and 奔放 (wild, uninhibited). The exact historical origin is uncertain, but it follows the common pattern of combining two two-character compounds to express a nuanced concept.
