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禁固刑 (きんこけい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

禁きん固こ刑けい

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Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

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noun

imprisonment (as a penalty)

Legal term for a sentence of imprisonment, distinct from 懲役 (penal servitude with labor).

彼かれは禁きん固こ刑けいを言いい渡わたされた。
He was sentenced to imprisonment.
禁きん固こ刑けいと懲ちょう役えき刑けいの違ちがいを説

せつ

明めい

し

て

ください

。

Please explain the difference between imprisonment and penal servitude.

Written forms

禁きん固こ刑けい
Standard kanji spelling for 'imprisonment' as a penalty.
禁きん錮こ刑けい
Variant kanji form using 錮; less common than 禁固刑.

Kanji

禁prohibition, ban, forbid
固harden, set, clot
刑punish, penalty, sentence
錮confinement, to tie

Similar words

懲ちょう役えき
懲役 includes mandatory labor, while 禁固刑 is imprisonment without compulsory work.

Etymology

Compound of 禁 (prohibition) + 固 (confinement) + 刑 (penalty). The spelling 禁錮刑 uses 錮 (to confine) instead of 固.