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禁止法 (きんしほう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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A law banning the ivory trade was passed.
This prohibitory law bans smoking in public places.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 の 禁きん 止し 法ほう a law banning/prohibiting something
A law banning smoking went into effect.
禁きん 止し 法ほう を 制せい 定てい する to enact a prohibition law
The government enacted a new prohibition law.
禁きん 止し 法ほう に 違い 反はん する to violate a prohibition law
Kanji 禁 prohibition, ban, forbid Related words 禁令 is a ban or order of prohibition, often used in historical or formal contexts, while 禁止法 specifically refers to a written statute that prohibits something.
法律 is the general word for any law, whereas 禁止法 denotes a law whose specific purpose is to forbid a particular act or item.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound of 禁止, meaning prohibition or banning, and 法, meaning law. The spelling transparently reflects the legal meaning, but no further historical derivation is implied here.
The company was fined for violating the prohibition law.
