蟄ちっ居きょ閉へい門もん

noun

house arrest; confinement at home

Historical term for a punishment in the Edo period where a samurai was confined to their residence, often combined with 閉門 (gate closure). Now used in historical contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、蟄ちっ居きょ閉へい門もんは武ぶ士しに対たいする刑けい罰ばつの一ひとつだった。

  In the Edo period, 蟄居閉門 was one of the punishments for samurai.

• 彼かれは不ふ始し末まつの責せき任にんを取とらされ、蟄ちっ居きょ閉へい門もんを命めいじられた。

  He was held responsible for the misconduct and ordered into house arrest.