タブー

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Meanings

Refers to a social, cultural, or religious prohibition; used as a noun in Japanese.

〈事こと〉はタブーだfor something to be taboo
この国くにでは政せい治じの話はなしをするのはタブーだ。
In this country, talking about politics is taboo.
タブーを破やぶるto break a taboo
彼かれは社しゃ会かいのタブーを破やぶって発はつ言げんした。
He spoke out, breaking a social taboo.
タブーに触ふれるto touch on a taboo subject
その質しつ問もんはタブーに触ふれる内ない容ようだった。
That question touched on a taboo subject.
〈事こと〉をタブーとするto treat something as taboo
その話わ題だいを職しょく場ばではタブーとしている。
That topic is treated as taboo at the workplace.

禁きん忌き
禁忌 is a formal, often medical or religious term for a prohibition, while タブー is the everyday loanword for social or cultural taboos.
ご法はっ度と
御法度 is a slightly old-fashioned, native Japanese word for something forbidden, whereas タブー is the more modern, casual loanword.
聖せい域いき
タブー is a general loanword for any forbidden topic or act, while 聖域 specifically frames an issue as untouchable because of its special, protected status.
禁きん物もつN2
タブー is a borrowed word for a cultural or social taboo, while 禁物 is a native Japanese term for something that should be avoided in a specific practical situation.

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禁きん句くN1
タブー is a broad loanword for any social or cultural taboo, while 禁句 specifically refers to words or topics that must not be mentioned in a given context.
地じ雷らい
タブー is a general taboo subject that is off-limits by social convention, while 地雷 specifically warns that bringing it up will trigger a strong emotional reaction.
法はっ度とN1
タブー is a loanword for a cultural or social taboo, while ご法度 expresses the same idea with a more traditional, distinctly Japanese flavor.
禁きん断だん
タブー is a casual, borrowed word for something socially unacceptable to do or mention, while 禁断 sounds more literary and dramatic, as in 禁断の恋.

タブー視し
considering taboo; treating as taboo
タブー語ご
taboo word; forbidden word
菊きくタブー
chrysanthemum taboo; taboo against criticizing the Japanese imperial family
インセストタブー
incest taboo

Loanword from English 'taboo', ultimately from Tongan 'tapu'.