厳げん重じゅう

also: げんじょう · げんちょう

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

na-adjective, noun

strict; severe; stringent; rigorous

Used for rules, supervision, security, inspections, and measures that are enforced without leniency. Often collocates with 警戒, 管理, 注意, 取り締まり.

空くう港こうの手て荷に物もつ検けん査さは厳げん重じゅうに行おこなわれた。
Baggage inspection at the airport was carried out strictly.
この施し設せつは厳げん重じゅうな警けい備びで守まもられている。
This facility is protected by strict security.
試し験けん中ちゅうは厳げん重じゅうな注ちゅう意いが必ひつ要ようだ。
Strict attention is required during the exam.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉を厳げん重じゅうに警けい備びするto guard 〈place〉 rigorously
会かい場じょうは厳げん重じゅうに警けい備びされていた。
The venue was under tight security.
〈物もの〉を厳げん重じゅうに管かん理りするto manage/control 〈thing〉 strictly
薬やく品ひんは厳げん重じゅうに管かん理りされている。
The chemicals are strictly controlled.
〈事こと〉を厳げん重じゅうに禁きん止しするto strictly prohibit 〈something〉
無む断だん撮さつ影えいは厳げん重じゅうに禁きん止しされている。
Unauthorized photography is strictly prohibited.
〈人ひと〉に厳げん重じゅうに注ちゅう意いするto sternly warn 〈someone〉
先せん生せいは生せい徒とに厳げん重じゅうに注ちゅう意いした。
The teacher gave the student a stern warning.
厳げん重じゅうな処しょ分ぶんを受うけるto receive severe disciplinary action
違い反はん者しゃは厳げん重じゅうな処しょ分ぶんを受うけた。
The offender received severe disciplinary action.

Kanji

厳stern, strictness, severity
重heavy, important, esteem

Related words

厳きびしいN4
厳しい is a common i-adjective for strictness in people, training, or conditions generally, while 厳重 is more formal and typically describes rigorous rules, security, or enforcement systems.
厳げん格かくN1
厳格 stresses strict, principled adherence to rules or standards (often describing a person's character), while 厳重 stresses the thoroughness and severity of precautions or enforcement.
厳げん密みつN1
厳密 means strict in the sense of precise and exacting (as in definitions or analysis), whereas 厳重 means strict in the sense of tight, unrelenting security or enforcement.
物もの々ものしいN1
厳重 is a formal word for strict security or rules, while 物々しい describes the visibly heavy, tense atmosphere that strictness creates.

Opposites

緩ゆるいN3
緩い describes lax or loose rules, security, or supervision, the opposite of the tight, rigorous enforcement implied by 厳重.

Don't confuse with

厳げん選せん
厳選 shares the kanji 厳 with 厳重 but means 'carefully selected' (as in choosing high-quality items), not 'strict/rigorous' in the sense of enforcement or security.
厳げん禁きん
厳重 means strict or tight (as in strict caution or tight security), while 厳禁 specifically means a strict ban on doing something.
厳げん密みつN1
厳重 describes strictness in enforcement or security (tight security, severe warning), while 厳密 describes exactness in logic, definitions, or standards.
厳げん
厳重 describes strict measures or careful precautions (e.g. 厳重な警備), whereas 厳 is a literary descriptor of a stern person or atmosphere.

Word family

厳げん重じゅう注ちゅう意い
reprimand; stern warning
厳げん重じゅう警けい戒かい
high alert; severe warning

Written forms

厳重Usage99%
- げんじゅう
  Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency in news and general use.
- げんじょう
  out-dated reading
- げんちょう
  out-dated reading
げんじゅうUsage1%
Kana spelling is readable but less common than the kanji form.
げんじょう
out-dated reading
Obsolete kana reading; not used in modern Japanese.
げんちょう
out-dated reading
Obsolete kana reading; not used in modern Japanese.

Etymology

Compound of 厳 (gen, 'strict, severe') and 重 (jū, 'heavy, serious'). The combination conveys a sense of weighty strictness. The reading げんじゅう is the standard modern form; げんじょう and げんちょう are historical variants now considered obsolete.