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無期禁錮 (むききんこ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

無む期き禁きん錮こ

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Meanings

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noun

life imprisonment without work

law

Legal term for a life sentence without compulsory labor, as opposed to 無期懲役 (life imprisonment with work).

裁さい判ばん所しょは被ひ告こくに無む期き禁きん錮この判はん決けつを言いい渡わたした。
The court sentenced the defendant to life imprisonment without work.

Written forms

無む期き禁きん錮こ
Standard legal spelling using 禁錮.
無む期き禁きん固こ
Variant spelling using 禁固; also seen in legal contexts.

Kanji

無nothingness, none, ain't
期period, time, date

禁prohibition, ban, forbid

錮confinement, to tie

固harden, set, clot

Similar words

無む期き懲ちょう役えき
無期懲役 is life imprisonment with compulsory labor, while 無期禁錮 is life imprisonment without work.
禁きん錮こ
禁錮 is imprisonment without work; 無期禁錮 specifies a life term.

Etymology

Compound of 無期 (indefinite term) and 禁錮 (imprisonment without work), a legal term established in modern Japanese law.