法はっ度と

also: ごはっと

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Meanings

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noun

ban; prohibition; taboo

Often used with the honorific prefix ご (ご法度). Refers to something that is strictly forbidden, either by rule or social convention.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉はご法はっ度とだdoing X is forbidden/taboo
この寺てらでは肉にくを食たべるのはご法はっ度とだ。
At this temple, eating meat is forbidden.
法はっ度とを犯おかすto violate a law or ordinance (historical)
武ぶ士しは法はっ度とを犯おかした罪つみで処しょ罰ばつされた。
The samurai was punished for violating the law.
〈人ひと〉にとってご法はっ度とsomething that is off-limits for someone
彼かれにとって酒さけはご法はっ度とだ。
Alcohol is off-limits for him.

Kanji

法method, law, rule
度degrees, occurrence, time

Related words

禁きん止しN3sense 1
禁止 is the neutral, official word for prohibition used in rules and signs, while 法度 (especially ご法度) suggests a stronger social taboo or traditional ban.
タブー sense 1
タブー is a loanword for a cultural or social taboo, while ご法度 expresses the same idea with a more traditional, distinctly Japanese flavor.
禁きん制せい
法度 is an old-fashioned term for a law or prohibition, often used in the fixed phrase 御法度, while 禁制 is the more general formal word for a ban.

Word family

ご法はっ度と
forbidden; prohibited; taboo
武ぶ家け諸しょ法はっ度と
Laws for the Military Houses; Buke shohatto

Written forms

法はっ度とUsage100%
Standard kanji form; commonly used with the honorific prefix ご.
ご法はっ度と
Polite form with honorific prefix ご, very common for the 'ban/prohibition' sense.

Etymology

Originally a term for laws and prohibitions in feudal Japan. The kanji 法 (law) and 度 (rule/measure) combine to mean 'legal prohibition'. The modern usage with ご is a polite form that softened into a general term for something forbidden.