Translation guide
The state of being restricted to a place, or the act of restricting someone. In Japanese, the expression depends on whether it's medical, punitive, self-imposed, or metaphorical.
Being confined for health reasons, such as bed rest, hospitalization, or quarantine.
Rest, quiet, confinement for medical reasons. Often used in phrases like 安静にする (to rest).
医者に安静にするように言われた。
The doctor told me to rest.
Isolation, quarantine. Used for infectious disease confinement.
感染の疑いがある人は隔離されます。
People suspected of infection are quarantined.
Hospitalization. Implies confinement in a hospital.
彼は一週間入院していた。
He was hospitalized for a week.
Confinement as punishment or legal detention.
Confinement, imprisonment, false imprisonment. Can be legal or illegal.
彼は不法監禁で訴えられた。
He was sued for false imprisonment.
Detention, custody (short-term). Often used in legal contexts.
Imprisonment, putting someone in prison.
Confinement, imprisonment (often in a room or house). Historical or literary nuance.
Staying inside voluntarily, often for a long period.
Social withdrawal, shutting oneself in. A common term for people who rarely leave their homes.
彼は何年も引きこもっている。
He has been a shut-in for years.
To shut oneself up, to stay indoors. Verb form.
Confinement to one's home (historical punishment or voluntary seclusion). Rare.
The period after giving birth when a mother rests and recovers.
Postpartum rest/confinement. The concept exists but is less ritualized than in some cultures.
産後の安静はとても大切です。
Postpartum rest is very important.
The end of postpartum confinement, when the mother gets out of bed. Traditional term.
床上げまでゆっくり休んでください。
Please rest well until your postpartum confinement ends.
Feeling trapped by circumstances, rules, or mental state.
Feeling of being trapped or confined. Natural expression for emotional confinement.
この仕事に閉じ込められた感じがする。
I feel trapped in this job.
Restraint, bondage, confinement (often in relationships or rules).
彼女は束縛されるのが嫌いだ。
She hates being tied down.
Directly translating 'confinement' as 監禁 may sound overly criminal or severe. Choose the word based on context: medical, legal, voluntary, etc.
監禁 is general confinement/imprisonment, often illegal. 拘留 is short-term police detention. 投獄 is the act of putting someone in prison.
容疑者は警察に拘留されている。
The suspect is in police custody.
彼は終身投獄された。
He was imprisoned for life.
彼は城に幽閉された。
He was confined in the castle.
彼は部屋に閉じこもって本を読んでいた。
He shut himself in his room and read books.
He was ordered into house confinement.