発禁
Meanings
1
ban on sale; prohibition of sale
abbreviation
Abbreviation of 発売禁止. Used for official bans on selling books, magazines, or other publications, often due to obscenity or legal violations.
See also: 発売禁止
The magazine was subjected to a sales ban.
A list of books that were banned from sale was released.
Usage patterns
- 〈物〉が発禁になるfor something (a book, magazine, etc.) to be banned from sale
The magazine's content was deemed problematic, and it was banned from sale.
- 〈物〉を発禁処分にするto officially ban something from sale
The authorities officially banned the novel from sale.
- 発禁を解くto lift a ban on sale
After the war, the ban on selling that book was lifted.