放ほう送そう禁きん止し用よう語ご

noun

banned broadcast word; word prohibited on TV/radio

Refers to words that broadcasters voluntarily avoid due to their potentially offensive, discriminatory, or inappropriate nature. Not legally prohibited, but part of internal media guidelines.

• この番ばん組ぐみでは放ほう送そう禁きん止し用よう語ごに該がい当とうする表ひょう現げんは使つかわないようにしています。

  We make sure not to use expressions that fall under banned broadcast words on this program.

• 放ほう送そう禁きん止し用よう語ごのリストは時じ代だいとともに変かわることがある。

  The list of banned broadcast words can change over time.