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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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キン
Kun readings
NoneWords with 禁
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —独禁政策antitrust policy
- —恋愛禁止love ban; relationship ban; talent agency rule forbidding its clients from getting involved in romantic relationships
- —油断禁物be on your guard; negligence is the enemy
- —転載禁止reproduction prohibited
- —左折禁止No Left Turn
- —禁止命令interdict; prohibition order; writ of prohibition
- —拉致監禁abduction and confinement (esp. unlawful)
- —男子禁制exclusion of males; (being) closed to men
- —進入禁止Do Not Enter; No Entry; Wrong Way
- —原則禁煙smoking-free principle; no-smoking rule; smoking ban; ban on smoking
- —外出禁止curfew; lockdown; grounding
- —横断禁止No Crossing; Do Not Cross
- —全面禁煙total ban on smoking (in all areas); completely non-smoking
- —無期禁錮life imprisonment without work
- —禁帯出本book that cannot be taken out (of a library, etc.); restricted book; reference-only book
- —撮影禁止no photographs; no photography
- —予防拘禁preventive detention; preventive custody
- —全席禁煙entirely non-smoking; non-smoking (shop, area, etc.)
- —土足禁止no shoes allowed; no outdoor footwear; shoes off; please take off your shoes
- —登録禁止registration block (domain names, email addresses, etc.); blacklisting; registration ban (in soccer)