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禁 kanji
prohibition, ban, forbid
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
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On readings
キン
Kun readings
NoneWords with 禁
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —禁域forbidden area; no-go zone
- —禁門forbidden gate; heavily guarded gate; gate to the imperial palace; gate to the imperial court; imperial residence
- —禁秘secrecy; confidentiality
- —土禁no shoes allowed; no outdoor footwear; shoes off
- —禁術forbidden technique; forbidden magic; taboo art
- —禁戒prohibition (e.g. in Buddhism); taboo (esp. religious or cultural); commandment
- —禁煙車non-smoking (rental) car; smoke-free car; non-smoking car (in a train); non-smoking carriage
- —禁反言estoppel
- —再禁止reimposition of an embargo; reprohibition
- —重禁錮major imprisonment; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
- —発禁本banned book
- —禁漁区game preserve; wildlife sanctuary
- —禁漁期closed season for fishing or hunting
- —金解禁lifting of a gold embargo
- —禁制品contraband (goods); prohibited goods
- —禁治産incompetency
- —禁酒法prohibition law; dry law; Prohibition (in the United States, 1920-1933)
- —禁転載reproduction prohibited
- —禁裏様the emperor
- —禁衛隊imperial guards