禁きん断だん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

prohibition; interdiction

Refers to the act of forbidding something, often used in formal or legal contexts. Can be used as a suru-verb (禁断する).

• その国くにでは特とく定ていの薬やく物ぶつの禁きん断だんが厳きびしく行おこなわれている。

  In that country, the prohibition of certain drugs is strictly enforced.

• 政せい府ふはその取とり引ひきを禁きん断だんした。

  The government interdicted the transaction.

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

forbidden; prohibited

Used attributively with の to describe something that is forbidden, often with a strong moral or religious connotation. Common in phrases like 禁断の果実 (forbidden fruit) or 禁断の恋 (forbidden love).

• 禁きん断だんの果か実じつを食たべてはいけない。

  You must not eat the forbidden fruit.

• それは禁きん断だんの恋こいだった。

  It was a forbidden love.