noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Obsolete term for an official prohibition or ban. Not used in modern Japanese; replaced by words like 禁止 (きんし).
江戸時代には、ある種の出版物に禁遏がかけられた。
In the Edo period, certain publications were placed under prohibition.
The modern standard word for prohibition or ban. 禁遏 is its obsolete equivalent.
Compound of 禁 (prohibit) and 遏 (stop, suppress). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the word is now obsolete.