拘こう束そく

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拘束する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Refers to physical or legal restriction of freedom, movement, or action. Often used in legal, police, or formal contexts.

〈人ひと〉を拘こう束そくするto detain/restrain a person
警けい察さつは容よう疑ぎ者しゃを拘こう束そくした。
The police detained the suspect.
〈人ひと〉の自じ由ゆうを拘こう束そくするto restrict someone's freedom
その規き則そくは社しゃ員いんの自じ由ゆうを拘こう束そくしている。
That rule restricts the employees' freedom.
拘こう束そくから解かい放ほうされるto be released from restraint/detention
彼かれは数すう時じ間かん後ごに拘こう束そくから解かい放ほうされた。
He was released from detention a few hours later.

制せい限げんN3
制限 is a broad term for limiting quantity, scope, or rules, while 拘束 specifically means physically or legally restraining someone's freedom of movement or action.
束そく縛ばくN1
束縛 usually describes emotional or psychological bondage (e.g. a controlling relationship), whereas 拘束 refers more to physical or legal confinement.
監かん禁きんN1
拘束 is broader, covering physical restraint or legal detention in general, while 監禁 specifically means locking someone up or holding them in a confined space.
縛しばるN3
拘束する is a formal, often legal term for restraining or detaining, while 縛る is used more broadly in everyday speech for both physical and abstract restriction.

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足あし止どめ
拘束 is a formal or legal term for physical restraint or detention, whereas 足止め is often lighter, simply meaning someone is delayed or stranded.
緊きん縛ばく
拘束 means 'restraint/confinement' in a broad sense that need not involve rope, whereas 緊縛 specifically implies binding tightly with cord.
逮たい捕ほN3
拘束 refers to restraining or detaining someone and can occur outside police procedure, while 逮捕 specifically means a formal legal arrest.
制せい約やくN1
拘束 often implies physical or legal restraint on a person's actions, while 制約 more broadly refers to any limiting condition, including on abstract things like plans or systems.
検けん挙きょ
拘束 refers to physically restraining or detaining someone, while 検挙 specifically means formally arresting a suspect as part of a criminal investigation.
閉とじ込こめる
拘束する means to restrain or restrict someone's freedom (not necessarily by enclosing them in a space), while 閉じ込める specifically means to shut someone inside a place.

解かい放ほうN2
解放 means to free or release someone, the direct opposite of 拘束, which means to restrain or confine them.
釈しゃく放ほうN1
拘束 means to restrain or detain someone, the opposite state to 釈放, which means to free them from restraint.

拘こう留りゅう
拘留 is a specific short-term criminal penalty of detention, while 拘束 is the general act of restraining someone's freedom, which need not be a punishment.
結けっ束そくN1
拘束 means to physically restrain or detain a person, while 結束 means to bind objects together or unite people in solidarity, not to restrain them.

拘こう束そく力りょく
binding force; binding power
拘こう束そく圧あつ
confining pressure
拘こう束そく衣い
straitjacket
二に重じゅう拘こう束そく
double bind
党とう議ぎ拘こう束そく
party whip; compulsory adherence to a party decision; restrictions on party debate

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From 拘 (to seize, to adhere) and 束 (to bind, bundle). The combination conveys the idea of binding and restricting movement or freedom.