禁止する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 禁止する | 禁止しない |
| Polite | 禁止します | 禁止しません |
| Past polite | 禁止しました | 禁止しませんでした |
| Past | 禁止した | 禁止しなかった |
| Te-form | 禁止して | 禁止しないで |
| Desire | 禁止したい | 禁止したくない |
| Potential | 禁止できる | 禁止できない |
| Passive | 禁止される | 禁止されない |
| Causative | 禁止させる | 禁止させない |
| Causative passive | 禁止させられる | 禁止させられない |
| Volitional | 禁止しよう | |
| Polite volitional | 禁止しましょう | |
| Imperative | 禁止しろ | 禁止するな |
| Conditional | 禁止すれば | 禁止しなければ |
| Tara conditional | 禁止したら | 禁止しなかったら |
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
Refers to an official or explicit rule forbidding something. Often used in signs, laws, and formal statements. The suru-verb form 禁止する means 'to prohibit' or 'to ban'.
Smoking is prohibited in this area.
The law prohibits that act.
The city banned parking on this street.
Photography is prohibited inside this building.
Entry to the construction site is prohibited.
The government issued an import ban.
禁止 is a stronger, more explicit 'prohibition', whereas 不可 is a milder, more formal way of saying something is not permitted, often on notices.
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.
禁止 is the common, general word for a prohibition or ban, while 禁 is a terser, more formal term usually seen in compounds or set phrases.
禁止 is a general prohibition, while 厳禁 is a stricter, more emphatic ban often used in official rules or warning signs.
禁止する is the everyday, general word for banning or prohibiting something, whereas 禁ずる sounds stiffer and more formal.
禁止 refers to a general or legal prohibition, whereas 禁忌 implies a deeper cultural, moral, or medical inadvisability.
禁止 specifically means "prohibited" by rule, while NG more loosely marks something as unacceptable or a mistake.
禁止する is the standard, direct term for prohibiting something in rules or law, whereas 戒める in this sense is more literary and less common in modern speech.
禁止 is the normal, productive word for something being prohibited, whereas 無用 conveys prohibition only in set expressions such as 他言無用.
禁止 is a direct, neutral prohibition, whereas 戒め in the prohibition sense is more moral, religious, or precept-like.
禁止 means prohibition, the opposite of the permission sense of 許し.
禁止 means to prohibit or forbid, the direct opposite of 許容, which means to permit or tolerate.
prohibitory law; law banning something; negative statute
prohibited item; banned substance