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禁絶 (きんぜつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

禁きん絶ぜつ

Meanings

1

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

complete ban; total prohibition

Formal, strong term for a total ban or prohibition, often used in legal, policy, or institutional contexts.

政せい府ふはその薬やく物ぶつの禁きん絶ぜつを決けっ定ていした。
The government decided on a complete ban of the drug.
この条じょう約やくは核かく実じっ験けんの禁きん

絶ぜつ

を

目め

指ざ

し

て

いる

。

This treaty aims at the total prohibition of nuclear testing.

Kanji

禁prohibition, ban, forbid
絶discontinue, sever, cut off

Similar words

禁きん止し
禁止 is the common word for prohibition or ban, while 禁絶 is a stronger, more formal term implying a complete and absolute ban.
全ぜん面めん禁きん止し
全面禁止 is a common phrase for a total ban, similar in strength to 禁絶 but more widely used in everyday contexts.

Etymology

Compound of 禁 (prohibition) and 絶 (severance, extinction), literally meaning 'prohibit and cut off'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word conveys a sense of absolute prohibition.