How to say "discomfort" in Japanese

• 不快ふかいCommon
  noun, na-adjectiveCovers discomfort as an unpleasant feeling—bodily or emotional displeasure, the sense in which something or someone makes you feel bad. It describes the negative feeling itself rather than practical difficulty.
  その腐くさった肉にくはひどく不快ふかいな匂においがした。↗

  The spoiled meat had a nasty smell.
• 不自由ふじゆうJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, na-adjective, suru verb, intransitive verbReally means inconvenience—discomfort only in the sense that something hampers you or is hard to manage, as when something you need is lacking or life is made difficult. Seldom the word for feeling displeased.
  大変たいへんご不自由ふじゆうをおかけして申し訳もうしわけございません。↗

  I'm sorry to have caused you such inconvenience.

Choose 不快 for discomfort felt as displeasure—an unpleasant physical or emotional feeling—while 不自由 is for discomfort amounting to inconvenience, when circumstances hamper you rather than simply making you feel bad.

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• 不快ふかいdispleasure
• 不自由ふじゆうdiscomfort
• 不快感ふかいかんdiscomfort
• 引っ掛かりひっかかりunease