禁きんず

zuru verb, transitive verb

forbid; ban; prohibit

Archaic zuru-verb form of 禁じる. Used in classical or formal written contexts; in modern Japanese, 禁じる or 禁止する are standard.

See also: 禁ずる

• 古ふるい法ほう律りつでは、夜や間かんの外がい出しゅつを禁きんずる条じょう項こうがあった。

  In old laws, there was a clause forbidding going out at night.

• この門もんをくぐるを禁きんず。

  Passing through this gate is forbidden.