noun, adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, takes する

  1. discomfort, inconvenience.
  2. poverty, want, destitution.

noun, adjectival noun or quasi-adjective

  1. inability, disability, impairment (physical, mental, etc.), nonfluency (in a language).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
不自由 ふじゆう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

negative, non-, bad
 (4th, N4)
cliff (厂) variant
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
oneself
ジ みずか.ら おの.ずから (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
wherefore, a reason
ユウ ユ ユイ (3rd, N3)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ