禁きん止し

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禁止する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	禁きん止しする	禁きん止ししない
Polite	禁きん止しします	禁きん止ししません
Past polite	禁きん止ししました	禁きん止ししませんでした
Past	禁きん止しした	禁きん止ししなかった
Te-form	禁きん止しして	禁きん止ししないで
Desire	禁きん止ししたい	禁きん止ししたくない
Potential	禁きん止しできる	禁きん止しできない
Passive	禁きん止しされる	禁きん止しされない
Causative	禁きん止しさせる	禁きん止しさせない
Causative passive	禁きん止しさせられる	禁きん止しさせられない
Volitional	禁きん止ししよう
Polite volitional	禁きん止ししましょう
Imperative	禁きん止ししろ	禁きん止しするな
Conditional	禁きん止しすれば	禁きん止ししなければ
Tara conditional	禁きん止ししたら	禁きん止ししなかったら

Meanings

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

prohibition; ban

Refers to an official or explicit rule forbidding something. Often used in signs, laws, and formal statements. The suru-verb form 禁止する means 'to prohibit' or 'to ban'.

このエリアでの喫きつ煙えんは禁きん止しされています。
Smoking is prohibited in this area.
法ほう律りつがその行こう為いを禁きん止ししている。
The law prohibits that act.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を禁きん止しするto prohibit/ban something
市しはこの通とおりでの駐ちゅう車しゃを禁きん止しした。
The city banned parking on this street.
〈事こと〉が禁きん止しされているsomething is prohibited
この建たて物もの内ないでは撮さつ影えいが禁きん止しされている。
Photography is prohibited inside this building.
〈場ば所しょ〉への立たち入いりを禁きん止しするto prohibit entry into a place
工こう事じ現げん場ばへの立たち入いりを禁きん止しする。
Entry to the construction site is prohibited.
禁きん止し令れいを出だすto issue a ban/prohibition order
政せい府ふは輸ゆ入にゅう禁きん止し令れいを出だした。
The government issued an import ban.

Expressions

土ど足そく禁きん止しno shoes allowed; shoes off
帯たい出しゅつ禁きん止しNot to be taken out; Reference Only
撮さつ影えい禁きん止しno photography; no photographs
立たち入いり禁きん止し区く域いきno-trespassing area; restricted zone; no-go area

Kanji

禁prohibition, ban, forbid
止stop, halt

Related words· 17

禁きんじるN1
禁止 is a noun/suru-verb used for formal bans (禁止する = to prohibit), while 禁じる is the verb form often used in personal or narrative contexts, as in 法律で禁じる.
禁きん制せい
禁制 is a somewhat old-fashioned or legalistic term for a ban, while 禁止 is the everyday, widely used word for prohibition.
規き制せいN1
規制 refers to regulating or restricting something without necessarily banning it outright, whereas 禁止 means a complete prohibition.
禁きん断だん
禁止 is the everyday word for a ban or prohibition, while 禁断 is more formal and often carries a moral or religious weight, as in fixed phrases like 禁断の果実.

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禁きん止し事じ項こう
禁止 is the act or state of prohibiting something, while 禁止事項 refers to the specific items or matters listed as prohibited in a set of rules.
ＢＡＮ
禁止 is the formal, general word for any kind of prohibition, while ＢＡＮ is casual internet slang used specifically for banning online accounts.
差さし止とめ
禁止 is a general word for prohibition used in everyday rules and regulations, while 差し止め specifically denotes an authoritative or legal order that halts a specific act.
不ふ可かN3
禁止 is a stronger, more explicit 'prohibition', whereas 不可 is a milder, more formal way of saying something is not permitted, often on notices.
法はっ度とN1
禁止 is the neutral, official word for prohibition used in rules and signs, while 法度 (especially ご法度) suggests a stronger social taboo or traditional ban.
禁きん
禁止 is the common, general word for a prohibition or ban, while 禁 is a terser, more formal term usually seen in compounds or set phrases.
厳げん禁きん
禁止 is a general prohibition, while 厳禁 is a stricter, more emphatic ban often used in official rules or warning signs.
禁きんずるN1
禁止する is the everyday, general word for banning or prohibiting something, whereas 禁ずる sounds stiffer and more formal.
禁きん忌き
禁止 refers to a general or legal prohibition, whereas 禁忌 implies a deeper cultural, moral, or medical inadvisability.
ＮＧ
禁止 specifically means "prohibited" by rule, while ＮＧ more loosely marks something as unacceptable or a mistake.
戒いましめるN1
禁止する is the standard, direct term for prohibiting something in rules or law, whereas 戒める in this sense is more literary and less common in modern speech.
無む用ようN1
禁止 is the normal, productive word for something being prohibited, whereas 無用 conveys prohibition only in set expressions such as 他言無用.
戒いましめN1
禁止 is a direct, neutral prohibition, whereas 戒め in the prohibition sense is more moral, religious, or precept-like.

Opposites· 5

許きょ可かN4
許可 means 'permission,' the direct opposite of 禁止, which means 'prohibition.'
断ことわり
禁止 means prohibition, the opposite of the 'permission' sense of 断り as in 断りを得る.
解かい禁きん
禁止 means to impose or maintain a ban, while 解禁 means to lift that ban and allow the activity again.

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許ゆるし
禁止 means prohibition, the opposite of the permission sense of 許し.
許きょ容ようN1
禁止 means to prohibit or forbid, the direct opposite of 許容, which means to permit or tolerate.

Politeness

だめplainN5
禁止 is the formal, written term for prohibition seen on signs, while 駄目 is the everyday spoken way to say something isn't allowed.

Don't confuse with

制せい限げんN3
制限 means to limit or restrict something (partial control), while 禁止 means to forbid it entirely, so the two should not be used interchangeably.
禁きん物もつN2
禁止 refers to an official ban or prohibition imposed by rule or authority, while 禁物 describes something that is simply unwise or ill-advised to do in a given situation.

Word family· 30

再さい禁きん止し
reimposition of a ban; reprohibition
禁きん止し令れい
ban; prohibition order; injunction
禁きん止し品ひん
prohibited article; contraband
禁きん止し法ほう
prohibitory law; law banning something; negative statute
禁きん止し物ぶつ
prohibited item; banned substance

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使し用よう禁きん止し
prohibition of use; ban on using
全ぜん面めん禁きん止し
total ban; complete prohibition
変へん換かん禁きん止し
conversion prohibition
外がい出しゅつ禁きん止し
curfew; lockdown; grounding
恋れん愛あい禁きん止し
love ban; relationship ban

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Etymology

Compound of 禁 (prohibit) and 止 (stop). The spelling is directly associated with the meaning of forbidding or stopping an action.