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禁獄 (きんごく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

禁きん獄ごく

き

ん

ご

く

Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

imprisonment; incarceration

Formal or legal term for confinement in prison. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'to imprison'.

彼かれは終しゅう身しん禁きん獄ごくの判はん決けつを受うけた。
He was sentenced to life imprisonment.
その犯はん罪ざい者

しゃ

は

禁きん

獄ごく

さ

れ

た

。

The criminal was imprisoned.

Kanji

禁prohibition, ban, forbid
獄prison, jail

Similar words

投とう獄ごく
投獄 also means imprisonment but often implies being thrown into prison, with a slightly more forceful or sudden nuance.
拘こう留りゅう
拘留 refers to short-term detention, often by police, rather than long-term imprisonment.

Etymology

Compound of 禁 (prohibition) and 獄 (prison). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally yields the meaning of confinement in prison.