discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
going through; going via; going by way of
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control
history; pedigree; lineage
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
free time; time at leisure
freedom; free man; free woman
free action; free activity; acting at one's own discretion; taking one's own course; free hand; independent action
having an ancient and honorable origin
reason for being; raison d'être
free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes
free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling
freedom of the person; personal freedom; personal liberty
research project (e.g. at school); independent research
rationalization; justification
acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason
ostensible (surface) reason
free-for-all; open-to-all; optional (to participate in); non-compulsory
free city (of Germany); commune (of medieval Europe)
restricted; confined; unfree
unreserved seat; non-reserved seat
free speech; freedom of speech
rationalization; justification
freestyle (e.g. swimming event)
an extremely great number (often said to be 100 million); 10^60 (or 10^72)
liberalization; liberalisation; freeing
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
restricted; confined; unfree
self-employed profession (e.g. actor, artist); liberal profession
latitude; (at one's) discretion; discretionary powers; a free hand
free and easy; open and natural; not fastidious
an extremely great number (often said to be 100 million); 10^60 (or 10^72)
transit point; transit airport; connection airport
free agency; free contract; free booking; freelance
free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes
Movement for Civic Rights and Freedom (Meiji era); Freedom and People's Rights Movement
free-for-all; open-to-all; optional (to participate in); non-compulsory
restricted; confined; unfree
Free Trade Agreement; FTA
free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes
free-use notebook (unruled paper); general-purpose notebook
freeform assignment (esp. one to be completed over the summer break)
freedom to choose one's marriage partner, parental wishes notwithstanding
free and open Indo-Pacific; FOIP
laissez-faire; non-intervention
naturally-derived; naturally-occurring
medical treatment at one's own expense; treatment not covered by health insurance
Liberal Democratic Party; LDP; Free Democratic Party (Germany); FDP
freestyle (e.g. swimming event)
ratio decidendi; reason for a verdict
principle of laissez-faire
liberalization of capital transactions
Liberal League (Japanese political party, 1994-2005)
(early Meiji era) democratic rights ideology
(philosophical) libertarianism
liberal education; education free from restrictions imposed by government, religion, etc.
trade liberalization; trade liberalisation
anthropozoonosis (diseases transmitted to humans by animals)
having an ancient and honorable origin
originating; causing; beginning
casual laborer (labourer); day laborer (labourer)
freedom-restricting punishment; imprisonment
connection; relationship; origin; reason; motive (e.g. for an act)
freedom of the person; personal freedom; personal liberty
justifiable cause for noncompliance with the law
to let a chance to do something slip through one's fingers
principle of sufficient reason (logic)
physically handicapped person
liberalization of imports; liberalisation of imports
physically handicapped child
free election; free elections
Democratic Liberal Party (1948-1950)
free and easy; open and natural; not fastidious
Orange Free State (1854-1902)
Congo Free State (1885-1908 name of the Belgian Congo)
Irish Free State (1922-1937)
freedom to carry out political activities; freedom of political activity
following (a precedent, former example, etc.)
actio libera in causa; manufacturing the conditions of one's own defence (e.g. getting drunk in order to commit a crime)
free trade zone; free trade area
free translation; liberal translation
statement of purpose; essay/letter in university application form
give me liberty, or give me death
principle of sufficient reason (logic)
free and easy; open and natural; not fastidious
brother; lay brother; non-ordained member of a Christian religious order
venerable; prestigious; with a long history
market liberalization; market liberalisation; opening up of a market
free trade zone; free trade area
meaningless; senseless; absurd
the reason(s) is (are) as follows
political liberalization; political liberalisation
free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes
as freely as one pleases; at will; to one's heart's content
invitation letter (e.g. document in support of a visa to enter Japan)
invitation letter (e.g. document in support of a visa to enter Japan)
meaningful; suggestive; seeming to be with a history; seeming to be with circumstances that are hard to explain
meaningful; suggestive; seeming to be with a history; seeming to be with circumstances that are hard to explain
reason for revision; reason for modification
deterministic context-free grammar
principle of reason (logic)
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
free price (price determined by market forces)
the Four Freedoms (as defined by Franklin D. Roosevelt: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, freedom from fear)
free software; libre software; open-source software that can be used, modified, and redistributed without restriction
free yen; 1960 enabling conversion of yen to other currencies