"自由" meaning in Japanese

See 自由 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [d͡ʑijɯ̟ᵝː]
Etymology: /d͡ʑiːu/ → /d͡ʑijuː/ Apparently first imported from Middle Chinese 自由 (MC dzijH yuw) with an original meaning of roughly “arising from oneself”. Repurposed in the 1860s by Fukuzawa Yukichi as a translation of English freedom or liberty, as an extension of the original meaning: “freedom to act according to one's own thoughts, without restriction”. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=しゆう'}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|自由}} 自由 (MC dzijH yuw), {{der|ja|en|freedom|sort=しゆう'}} English freedom, {{m|en|liberty}} liberty, {{lang|ja|西洋事情}} 西洋事情 Head templates: {{ja-adj|じゆう|hhira=じ.いう|infl=na}} 自(じ)由(ゆう) • (jiyū) ^(←じいう (ziiu)?)-na (adnominal 自(じ)由(ゆう)な (jiyū na), adverbial 自(じ)由(ゆう)に (jiyū ni)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=. に|attributive=. な|conditional=. なら(ば)|conjunctive=. で|continuative=. で|degree=さ|formal=. です|formal_negative=. で は ありません|formal_negative2=. じゃ ありません|formal_negative_past=. で は ありません でした|formal_negative_past2=. じゃ ありません でした|formal_past=. でした|hypothetical=. なら|imperative=. で あれ|imperfective=. だろ|informal_negative=. で は ない|informal_negative2=. じゃ ない|informal_negative_past=. で は なかった|informal_negative_past2=. じゃ なかった|informal_past=. だった|kana=じゆう|lemma=自由|provisional=. だったら|terminal=. だ|volitional=. だろう}}, {{ja-conj-bungo|じ.いう|adj-nar}} Forms: 自由 [canonical] (ruby: (), (ゆう)), jiyū [romanization], ziiu [romanization], 自由な [adnominal] (ruby: (), (ゆう)), 自由に [adverbial] (ruby: (), (ゆう)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 自由だろ [imperfective, stem], じゆうだろ [imperfective, stem], jiyū daro [imperfective], 自由で [continuative, stem], じゆうで [continuative, stem], jiyū de [continuative], 自由だ [stem, terminative], じゆうだ [stem, terminative], jiyū da [terminative], 自由な [attributive, stem], じゆうな [attributive, stem], jiyū na [attributive], 自由なら [hypothetical, stem], じゆうなら [hypothetical, stem], jiyū nara [hypothetical], 自由であれ [imperative, stem], じゆうであれ [imperative, stem], jiyū de are [imperative], 自由ではない [informal, negative], 自由じゃない [informal, negative], じゆうではない [informal, negative], じゆうじゃない [informal, negative], jiyū de wa nai [informal, negative], jiyū ja nai [informal, negative], 自由だった [informal, past], じゆうだった [informal, past], jiyū datta [informal, past], 自由ではなかった [informal, negative, past], 自由じゃなかった [informal, negative, past], じゆうではなかった [informal, negative, past], じゆうじゃなかった [informal, negative, past], jiyū de wa nakatta [informal, negative, past], jiyū ja nakatta [informal, negative, past], 自由です [formal], じゆうです [formal], jiyū desu [formal], 自由ではありません [formal, negative], 自由じゃありません [formal, negative], じゆうではありません [formal, negative], じゆうじゃありません [formal, negative], jiyū de wa arimasen [formal, negative], jiyū ja arimasen [formal, negative], 自由でした [formal, past], じゆうでした [formal, past], jiyū deshita [formal, past], 自由ではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], 自由じゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], じゆうではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], じゆうじゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], jiyū de wa arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], jiyū ja arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], 自由で [conjunctive], じゆうで [conjunctive], jiyū de [conjunctive], 自由なら(ば) [conditional], じゆうなら(ば) [conditional], jiyū nara (ba) [conditional], 自由だったら [conditional, past], じゆうだったら [conditional, past], jiyū dattara [conditional, past], 自由だろう [volitional], じゆうだろう [volitional], jiyū darō [volitional], 自由に [adverbial], じゆうに [adverbial], jiyū ni [adverbial], 自由さ [noun-from-adj], じゆうさ [noun-from-adj], jiyūsa [noun-from-adj], no-table-tags [table-tags], 自由なら [irrealis, stem], じいうなら [irrealis, stem], ziiunara [irrealis], 自由に [continuative, stem], 自由なり [continuative, stem], じいうに [continuative, stem], じいうなり [continuative, stem], ziiuni [continuative], ziiunari [continuative], 自由なり [stem, terminative], じいうなり [stem, terminative], ziiunari [terminative], 自由なる [attributive, stem], じいうなる [attributive, stem], ziiunaru [attributive], 自由なれ [realis, stem], じいうなれ [realis, stem], ziiunare [realis], 自由なれ [imperative, stem], じいうなれ [imperative, stem], ziiunare [imperative], 自由ならず [negative], じいうならず [negative], ziiunarazu [negative], 自由なれど [contrastive], じいうなれど [contrastive], ziiunaredo [contrastive], 自由なれば [causative], じいうなれば [causative], ziiunareba [causative], 自由ならば [conditional], じいうならば [conditional], ziiunaraba [conditional], 自由なりき [past], じいうなりき [past], ziiunariki [past], 自由なりけり [past], じいうなりけり [past], ziiunarikeri [past], 自由に [adverbial], じいうに [adverbial], ziiuni [adverbial]
  1. free (as in freedom)
    Sense id: en-自由-ja-adj-sWXzl5wm
  2. flexible
    Sense id: en-自由-ja-adj-gArWIH~m

Noun

IPA: [d͡ʑijɯ̟ᵝː] Forms: 自由 [canonical] (ruby: (), (ゆう)), jiyū [romanization], ziiu [romanization], じいう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: /d͡ʑiːu/ → /d͡ʑijuː/ Apparently first imported from Middle Chinese 自由 (MC dzijH yuw) with an original meaning of roughly “arising from oneself”. Repurposed in the 1860s by Fukuzawa Yukichi as a translation of English freedom or liberty, as an extension of the original meaning: “freedom to act according to one's own thoughts, without restriction”. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=しゆう'}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|自由}} 自由 (MC dzijH yuw), {{der|ja|en|freedom|sort=しゆう'}} English freedom, {{m|en|liberty}} liberty, {{lang|ja|西洋事情}} 西洋事情 Head templates: {{ja-noun|じゆう|hhira=じ.いう}} 自(じ)由(ゆう) • (jiyū) ^(←じいう (ziiu)?)
  1. freedom, liberty
    Sense id: en-自由-ja-noun-QQmUwhUu
  2. (rare) demand (for goods or services) Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-自由-ja-noun-5S-8Bvw2 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
  3. (euphemistic) a toilet, a restroom Tags: euphemistic
    Sense id: en-自由-ja-noun-EcIDFcvV Categories (other): Japanese euphemisms, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 17 14 1 24 43 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 6 9 2 37 46 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 6 9 2 36 46 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 14 7 2 33 44 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 11 8 2 33 46 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 6 9 2 36 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 自由度 (jiyūdo) (ruby: 自由度(じゆうど)) (english: flexibility, degree of freedom), 言論の自由 (genron no jiyū), 表現の自由 (hyōgen no jiyū), 報道の自由 (hōdō no jiyū), 出版の自由 (shuppan no jiyū), 集会の自由 (shūkai no jiyū), 結社の自由 (kessha no jiyū), 信教の自由 (shinkyō no jiyū) (ruby: 信教(しんきょう), 自由(じゆう)), 思想の自由 (shisō no jiyū) (ruby: 思想(しそう), 自由(じゆう)), 人身の自由 (jinshin no jiyū) (ruby: 人身(じんしん), 自由(じゆう)), 四つの自由 (yottsu no jiyū) (ruby: (よっ), 自由(じゆう))

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      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "jiyū desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "自由じゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "negative"
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      "form": "じゆうではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "negative"
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      "form": "じゆうじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
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      "form": "jiyū de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
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      "form": "jiyū ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
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      "form": "じゆうでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "jiyū deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "自由ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "negative",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "自由じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "じゆうではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "じゆうじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "jiyū de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiyū ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じゆうで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiyū de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由なら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じゆうなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "jiyū nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由だったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じゆうだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiyū dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じゆうだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiyū darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じゆうに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiyū ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じゆうさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiyūsa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由なら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じいうなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ziiunara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由なり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じいうに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じいうなり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ziiuni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ziiunari",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由なり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じいうなり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ziiunari",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由なる",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じいうなる",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ziiunaru",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由なれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じいうなれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ziiunare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "realis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由なれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じいうなれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ziiunare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由ならず",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じいうならず",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ziiunarazu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由なれど",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じいうなれど",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ziiunaredo",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由なれば",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じいうなれば",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ziiunareba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由ならば",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じいうならば",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ziiunaraba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由なりき",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じいうなりき",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ziiunariki",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由なりけり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じいうなりけり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ziiunarikeri",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じいうに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ziiuni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "じゆう",
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        "infl": "na"
      },
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "attributive": ". な",
        "conditional": ". なら(ば)",
        "conjunctive": ". で",
        "continuative": ". で",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
        "kana": "じゆう",
        "lemma": "自由",
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        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "じ.いう",
        "2": "adj-nar"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "free (as in freedom)"
      ],
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        [
          "free",
          "free"
        ],
        [
          "freedom",
          "freedom"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "flexible",
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "じゆう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʑijɯ̟ᵝː]"
    }
  ],
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    "Fukuzawa Yukichi"
  ],
  "word": "自由"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "flexibility, degree of freedom",
      "roman": "jiyūdo",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "自由度",
          "じゆうど"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "自由度"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "genron no jiyū",
      "word": "言論の自由"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "hyōgen no jiyū",
      "word": "表現の自由"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "hōdō no jiyū",
      "word": "報道の自由"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "shuppan no jiyū",
      "word": "出版の自由"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "shūkai no jiyū",
      "word": "集会の自由"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kessha no jiyū",
      "word": "結社の自由"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "shinkyō no jiyū",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "信教",
          "しんきょう"
        ],
        [
          "自由",
          "じゆう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "信教の自由"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "shisō no jiyū",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "思想",
          "しそう"
        ],
        [
          "自由",
          "じゆう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "思想の自由"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "jinshin no jiyū",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "人身",
          "じんしん"
        ],
        [
          "自由",
          "じゆう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "人身の自由"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "yottsu no jiyū",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "四",
          "よっ"
        ],
        [
          "自由",
          "じゆう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "四つの自由"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "자유",
            "bor": "y"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 자유 (jayu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Korean: 자유 (jayu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ryu",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "y"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Okinawan:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "自%由",
            "2": "じ%ゆー"
          },
          "expansion": "自(じ)由(ゆー) (jiyū)",
          "name": "ryu-r"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Okinawan: 自(じ)由(ゆー) (jiyū)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "しゆう'"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "自由"
      },
      "expansion": "自由 (MC dzijH yuw)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "freedom",
        "sort": "しゆう'"
      },
      "expansion": "English freedom",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "liberty"
      },
      "expansion": "liberty",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "西洋事情"
      },
      "expansion": "西洋事情",
      "name": "lang"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "/d͡ʑiːu/ → /d͡ʑijuː/\nApparently first imported from Middle Chinese 自由 (MC dzijH yuw) with an original meaning of roughly “arising from oneself”. Repurposed in the 1860s by Fukuzawa Yukichi as a translation of English freedom or liberty, as an extension of the original meaning: “freedom to act according to one's own thoughts, without restriction”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "自由",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "自",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "由",
          "ゆう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiyū",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ziiu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じいう",
      "roman": "ziiu",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "じゆう",
        "hhira": "じ.いう"
      },
      "expansion": "自(じ)由(ゆう) • (jiyū) ^(←じいう (ziiu)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "We will fight for freedom.",
          "roman": "Jiyū no tame ni tatakau.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "自",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "由",
              "ゆう"
            ],
            [
              "戦",
              "たたか"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "自由のために戦う。"
        },
        {
          "english": "They endure every day of their lives, but they believe that they will have their freedom one day.",
          "ref": "2002 July 18, “弾圧される民”, in ユニオンの降臨 [Advent of the Union], Konami",
          "roman": "Itsu no hi ka jiyū o te ni suru koto ga dekiru to shinjite hibi no seikatsu ni taeteiru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "弾",
              "だん"
            ],
            [
              "圧",
              "あつ"
            ],
            [
              "民",
              "たみ"
            ],
            [
              "日",
              "ひ"
            ],
            [
              "自",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "由",
              "ゆう"
            ],
            [
              "手",
              "て"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "こと"
            ],
            [
              "信",
              "しん"
            ],
            [
              "日",
              "ひ"
            ],
            [
              "々",
              "び"
            ],
            [
              "生",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "活",
              "かつ"
            ],
            [
              "耐",
              "た"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "いつの日か自由を手にする事ができると信じて日々の生活に耐えている。"
        },
        {
          "english": "You pigs who sneer at our will to step over corpses and march onwards\nEnjoy the peace of livestock …false prosperity …the “freedom” of starving wolves!",
          "ref": "2013 July 10, Revo (lyrics and music), “紅蓮の弓矢 [Crimson Bow and Arrow]”, in 自由への進撃 [March Towards Freedom] (CD), performed by Linked Horizon",
          "roman": "Kachiku no annei …kyogi no han'ei …shiseru garō no “jiyū” o!",
          "text": "屍踏み越えて 進む意思を 嗤う豚よ\n家畜の安寧 …虚偽の繁栄 …死せる餓狼の『自由』を!\nShikabane fumikoete susumu ishi o warau buta yo",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "If it means that people can live in freedom, yeah, I’ll be one of the Gatewatch.",
          "ref": "2016 January 22, “チャンドラの誓い”, in ゲートウォッチの誓い [Oath of the Gatewatch], Wizards of the Coast",
          "roman": "Sore de hitobito ga jiyū ni ikirareru no nara, sō ne, Gētowotchi ni naru wa.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "誓",
              "ちか"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "ひと"
            ],
            [
              "々",
              "びと"
            ],
            [
              "自",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "由",
              "ゆう"
            ],
            [
              "生",
              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "それで人々が自由に生きられるのなら、そうね、ゲートウォッチになるわ。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "freedom, liberty"
      ],
      "id": "en-自由-ja-noun-QQmUwhUu",
      "links": [
        [
          "freedom",
          "freedom"
        ],
        [
          "liberty",
          "liberty"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
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          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "demand (for goods or services)"
      ],
      "id": "en-自由-ja-noun-5S-8Bvw2",
      "links": [
        [
          "demand",
          "demand"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) demand (for goods or services)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "parents": [
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          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 14 1 24 43",
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        {
          "_dis": "6 9 2 37 46",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 9 2 36 46",
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          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 7 2 33 44",
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            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 8 2 33 46",
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          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
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          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 9 2 36 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      "id": "en-自由-ja-noun-EcIDFcvV",
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        [
          "toilet",
          "toilet"
        ],
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          "restroom",
          "restroom"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "じゆう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʑijɯ̟ᵝː]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Fukuzawa Yukichi"
  ],
  "word": "自由"
}
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    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms borrowed from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms derived from English",
    "Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters",
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        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "しゆう'"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "自由"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
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        "3": "freedom",
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      },
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      "args": {
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      "name": "lang"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "/d͡ʑiːu/ → /d͡ʑijuː/\nApparently first imported from Middle Chinese 自由 (MC dzijH yuw) with an original meaning of roughly “arising from oneself”. Repurposed in the 1860s by Fukuzawa Yukichi as a translation of English freedom or liberty, as an extension of the original meaning: “freedom to act according to one's own thoughts, without restriction”.",
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          "自",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "由",
          "ゆう"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
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    },
    {
      "form": "jiyū",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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    {
      "form": "ziiu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由な",
      "roman": "jiyū na",
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        [
          "自",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "由",
          "ゆう"
        ]
      ],
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        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由に",
      "roman": "jiyū ni",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "自",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "由",
          "ゆう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由だろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じゆうだろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiyū daro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じゆうで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiyū de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由だ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じゆうだ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiyū da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由な",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じゆうな",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiyū na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由なら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じゆうなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiyū nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由であれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じゆうであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiyū de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由ではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由じゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じゆうではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じゆうじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiyū de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiyū ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由だった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じゆうだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiyū datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由ではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由じゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じゆうではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じゆうじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiyū de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiyū ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由です",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じゆうです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiyū desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由ではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由じゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じゆうではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じゆうじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiyū de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiyū ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由でした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じゆうでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiyū deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じゆうではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じゆうじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiyū de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiyū ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じゆうで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiyū de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由なら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じゆうなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiyū nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由だったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じゆうだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiyū dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じゆうだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiyū darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じゆうに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiyū ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じゆうさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiyūsa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由なら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じいうなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ziiunara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由なり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じいうに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じいうなり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ziiuni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ziiunari",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由なり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じいうなり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ziiunari",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由なる",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じいうなる",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ziiunaru",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由なれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じいうなれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ziiunare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "realis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由なれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じいうなれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ziiunare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由ならず",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じいうならず",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ziiunarazu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由なれど",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じいうなれど",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ziiunaredo",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由なれば",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じいうなれば",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ziiunareba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由ならば",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じいうならば",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ziiunaraba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由なりき",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じいうなりき",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ziiunariki",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由なりけり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じいうなりけり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ziiunarikeri",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自由に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じいうに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ziiuni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "じゆう",
        "hhira": "じ.いう",
        "infl": "na"
      },
      "expansion": "自(じ)由(ゆう) • (jiyū) ^(←じいう (ziiu)?)-na (adnominal 自(じ)由(ゆう)な (jiyū na), adverbial 自(じ)由(ゆう)に (jiyū ni))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": ". に",
        "attributive": ". な",
        "conditional": ". なら(ば)",
        "conjunctive": ". で",
        "continuative": ". で",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
        "kana": "じゆう",
        "lemma": "自由",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "じ.いう",
        "2": "adj-nar"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "free (as in freedom)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "free",
          "free"
        ],
        [
          "freedom",
          "freedom"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "flexible"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flexible",
          "flexible"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "じゆう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʑijɯ̟ᵝː]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Fukuzawa Yukichi"
  ],
  "word": "自由"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms borrowed from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms derived from English",
    "Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters",
    "Japanese な-na adjectives"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "flexibility, degree of freedom",
      "roman": "jiyūdo",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "自由度",
          "じゆうど"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "自由度"
    },
    {
      "roman": "genron no jiyū",
      "word": "言論の自由"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hyōgen no jiyū",
      "word": "表現の自由"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hōdō no jiyū",
      "word": "報道の自由"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shuppan no jiyū",
      "word": "出版の自由"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shūkai no jiyū",
      "word": "集会の自由"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kessha no jiyū",
      "word": "結社の自由"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shinkyō no jiyū",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "信教",
          "しんきょう"
        ],
        [
          "自由",
          "じゆう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "信教の自由"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shisō no jiyū",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "思想",
          "しそう"
        ],
        [
          "自由",
          "じゆう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "思想の自由"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jinshin no jiyū",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "人身",
          "じんしん"
        ],
        [
          "自由",
          "じゆう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "人身の自由"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yottsu no jiyū",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "四",
          "よっ"
        ],
        [
          "自由",
          "じゆう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "四つの自由"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "자유",
            "bor": "y"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 자유 (jayu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Korean: 자유 (jayu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ryu",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "y"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Okinawan:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "自%由",
            "2": "じ%ゆー"
          },
          "expansion": "自(じ)由(ゆー) (jiyū)",
          "name": "ryu-r"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Okinawan: 自(じ)由(ゆー) (jiyū)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "しゆう'"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "自由"
      },
      "expansion": "自由 (MC dzijH yuw)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "freedom",
        "sort": "しゆう'"
      },
      "expansion": "English freedom",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "liberty"
      },
      "expansion": "liberty",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "西洋事情"
      },
      "expansion": "西洋事情",
      "name": "lang"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "/d͡ʑiːu/ → /d͡ʑijuː/\nApparently first imported from Middle Chinese 自由 (MC dzijH yuw) with an original meaning of roughly “arising from oneself”. Repurposed in the 1860s by Fukuzawa Yukichi as a translation of English freedom or liberty, as an extension of the original meaning: “freedom to act according to one's own thoughts, without restriction”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "自由",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "自",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "由",
          "ゆう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiyū",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ziiu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じいう",
      "roman": "ziiu",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "じゆう",
        "hhira": "じ.いう"
      },
      "expansion": "自(じ)由(ゆう) • (jiyū) ^(←じいう (ziiu)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with quotations",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "We will fight for freedom.",
          "roman": "Jiyū no tame ni tatakau.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "自",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "由",
              "ゆう"
            ],
            [
              "戦",
              "たたか"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "自由のために戦う。"
        },
        {
          "english": "They endure every day of their lives, but they believe that they will have their freedom one day.",
          "ref": "2002 July 18, “弾圧される民”, in ユニオンの降臨 [Advent of the Union], Konami",
          "roman": "Itsu no hi ka jiyū o te ni suru koto ga dekiru to shinjite hibi no seikatsu ni taeteiru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "弾",
              "だん"
            ],
            [
              "圧",
              "あつ"
            ],
            [
              "民",
              "たみ"
            ],
            [
              "日",
              "ひ"
            ],
            [
              "自",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "由",
              "ゆう"
            ],
            [
              "手",
              "て"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "こと"
            ],
            [
              "信",
              "しん"
            ],
            [
              "日",
              "ひ"
            ],
            [
              "々",
              "び"
            ],
            [
              "生",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "活",
              "かつ"
            ],
            [
              "耐",
              "た"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "いつの日か自由を手にする事ができると信じて日々の生活に耐えている。"
        },
        {
          "english": "You pigs who sneer at our will to step over corpses and march onwards\nEnjoy the peace of livestock …false prosperity …the “freedom” of starving wolves!",
          "ref": "2013 July 10, Revo (lyrics and music), “紅蓮の弓矢 [Crimson Bow and Arrow]”, in 自由への進撃 [March Towards Freedom] (CD), performed by Linked Horizon",
          "roman": "Kachiku no annei …kyogi no han'ei …shiseru garō no “jiyū” o!",
          "text": "屍踏み越えて 進む意思を 嗤う豚よ\n家畜の安寧 …虚偽の繁栄 …死せる餓狼の『自由』を!\nShikabane fumikoete susumu ishi o warau buta yo",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "If it means that people can live in freedom, yeah, I’ll be one of the Gatewatch.",
          "ref": "2016 January 22, “チャンドラの誓い”, in ゲートウォッチの誓い [Oath of the Gatewatch], Wizards of the Coast",
          "roman": "Sore de hitobito ga jiyū ni ikirareru no nara, sō ne, Gētowotchi ni naru wa.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "誓",
              "ちか"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "ひと"
            ],
            [
              "々",
              "びと"
            ],
            [
              "自",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "由",
              "ゆう"
            ],
            [
              "生",
              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "それで人々が自由に生きられるのなら、そうね、ゲートウォッチになるわ。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "freedom, liberty"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "freedom",
          "freedom"
        ],
        [
          "liberty",
          "liberty"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "demand (for goods or services)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "demand",
          "demand"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) demand (for goods or services)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese euphemisms",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a toilet, a restroom"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "toilet",
          "toilet"
        ],
        [
          "restroom",
          "restroom"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(euphemistic) a toilet, a restroom"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "じゆう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʑijɯ̟ᵝː]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Fukuzawa Yukichi"
  ],
  "word": "自由"
}
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