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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
- —駐輪禁止no bicycle parking
- —十重禁戒ten grave prohibitions (killing, stealing, lying, etc.); ten major precepts
- —独占禁止法antitrust law; Antitrust Act
- —禁欲主義者ascetic; stoic
- —準禁治産者quasi-incompetent person
- —禁じ得ないcannot help (laughing, feeling sympathy, etc.); cannot hold back (tears, anger, etc.); cannot suppress
- —禁煙パイプartificial cigarette used to avoid smoking
- —出入り禁止ban on entering (a building, venue, etc.)
- —逮捕監禁罪false arrest and imprisonment; illegal arrest and confinement
- —禁煙補助薬quit-smoking drug; smoking-cessation aid; stop-smoking medication
- —油断は禁物be on your guard; negligence is the enemy
- —外出禁止令curfew
- —禁断の果実forbidden fruit
- —禁煙ルームnon-smoking room
- —無理は禁物don't push yourself too hard; don't force yourself
- —戦時禁制品contraband of war
- —射撃禁止地域no fire area
- —飛行禁止空域no-fly zone
- —禁断の木の実forbidden fruit
- —放送禁止用語word not allowed to be broadcast (on TV or radio); word prohibited on TV and radio; unbroadcastable word