禁きん制せい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

prohibition; ban; embargo

More formal and official-sounding than everyday 禁止. Often used for laws, historical bans, prohibited goods, or restrictions on trade such as export or import bans.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、幕ばく府ふはキリスト教きょうを禁きん制せいした。

  In the Edo period, the shogunate prohibited Christianity.

• 税ぜい関かんで禁きん制せいの品しなが見みつかった。

  Prohibited goods were found at customs.

• 政せい府ふは一いち部ぶの武ぶ器きの輸ゆ出しゅつを禁きん制せいしている。

  The government bans the export of certain weapons.