| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 由来 | ゆらい | derivation |
| 理由 | りゆう | reason |
| 率由 | そつゆう | following (a precedent, former example, etc.) |
| 経由 | けいゆ | go by the way, via |
| 自由 | じゆう | freedom |
| 不自由 | ふじゆう | discomfort, disability, inconvenience, destitution |
| 漸近的自由 | ぜんきんてきじゆう | asymptotic freedom (physics) |
| 由 | よし | reason, significance, cause |
| 由緒 | ゆいしょ | history, pedigree, lineage |
| 肢体不自由児 | したいふじゆうじ | handicapped child |
| 自由主義 | じゆうしゅぎ | liberalism |
| 自由化 | じゆうか | liberalization, liberalisation, freeing |
| 自由形 | じゆうがた | freestyle (e.g. swimming event) |
| 自由経済 | じゆうけいざい | free economy |
| 自由貿易 | じゆうぼうえき | free trade |
| 自由貿易地域 | じゆうぼうえきちいき | free trade zone, free trade area |
| 自由貿易帯域 | じゆうぼうえきたいいき | free trade zone, free trade area |
| 遅かりし由良之助 | おそかりしゆらのすけ | to let a chance to do something slip through one's fingers |