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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)
On readings
キン
Kun readings
NoneWords with 禁
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3禁煙Popularabstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; prohibition of smoking; No Smoking; Smoking Prohibited
- N3禁止Popularprohibition; inhibition; ban
- N1禁物Popularthing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo
- N1禁じるPopularto forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
- N1禁ずるPopularto forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
- —解禁Popularlifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information
- —監禁Popularconfinement; imprisonment; incarceration
- —禁句Populartaboo word; forbidden topic; words or phrases not allowed (in waka and haikai)
- —禁錮Popularimprisonment (without forced labour); incarceration; confinement
- —禁酒Popularabstinence from alcohol; temperance; prohibition of drinking
- —禁制Popularprohibition; ban; embargo
- —禁輸Popularembargo
- —厳禁Popularstrict prohibition; ban; interdiction
- —拘禁Populardetention; custody; confinement; internment
- —発禁Popularprohibition of sale; ban on sale
- —軟禁Popularhouse arrest
- —独禁法Popularantitrust law; Antitrust Act
- —禁欲的Popularabstemious; austere
- —禁止法Popularnegative statute; law against something
- —禁止事項Popularprohibited item; banned item