監かん禁きん

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監禁する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Refers to holding someone against their will, often in a legal or criminal context. Can be used as a noun or with する as a transitive verb.

〈人ひと〉を監かん禁きんするto confine/imprison someone
犯はん人にんは被ひ害がい者しゃを倉そう庫こに監かん禁きんした。
The perpetrator confined the victim in a warehouse.
〈場ば所しょ〉に監かん禁きんするto confine someone in a place
少しょう女じょは地ち下か室しつに監かん禁きんされていた。
The girl had been confined in the basement.
監かん禁きんされるto be held captive/confined
彼かれは3日か間かん監かん禁きんされた後あと、解かい放ほうされた。
He was confined for three days before being released.
監かん禁きん状じょう態たいにあるto be in a state of confinement
彼かの女じょは長ちょう期き間かん監かん禁きん状じょう態たいにあったとみられている。
She is believed to have been in a state of confinement for a long time.

拘こう束そく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.
幽ゆう閉へい
幽閉 is a more literary word for confining someone in a secluded place, often for political or punitive reasons, whereas 監禁 is the standard legal/criminal term for illegal confinement.
軟なん禁きん
軟禁 refers to a milder, often unlocked form of confinement like house arrest, while 監禁 implies stricter, forcible detainment.
拘こう禁きん
拘禁 is the formal legal term for official detention (e.g. in custody), while 監禁 usually refers to unlawful confinement by a private individual.

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缶かん詰づめN3
缶詰にする is a mild, often voluntary or work-related confinement (e.g. locking oneself away to finish a task), while 監禁 is a serious, forcible confinement as in a crime.
閉とじ込こめる
監禁する is a formal/legal term for unlawfully confining a person, while 閉じ込める is the general everyday verb for shutting someone or something inside.
抑よく留りゅう
監禁 suggests illegal or forceful confinement of a person, whereas 抑留 is the more neutral term for official, often lawful, detention.
囚とらわれ
監禁 refers to the act of confining someone, often as a crime, whereas 囚われ describes the resulting state of being captive.

解かい放ほうN2
解放 means to release or free someone, the direct opposite of 監禁, which means to confine them.

監かん視しN1
監視 means to watch or keep surveillance over someone, whereas 監禁 means to physically confine them; the two share the kanji 監 but describe different actions.

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逮たい捕ほ及および監かん禁きん罪ざい
false arrest and imprisonment; illegal arrest and confinement
逮たい捕ほ監かん禁きん致ち傷しょう罪ざい
crimes of arrest, confinement, and bodily injury
逮たい捕ほ監かん禁きん致ち死し傷しょう罪ざい
illegal arrest and imprisonment resulting in death or bodily injury

Compound of 監 (supervise, oversee) and 禁 (prohibit, forbid), conveying the idea of detaining someone under supervision.