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禁止法 (kinshihou) Japanese meaning: prohibitory law | Kotomora
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A law banning the ivory trade was passed.
This prohibitory law bans smoking in public places.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 の 禁きん 止し 法ほう a law banning/prohibiting something
A law banning smoking went into effect.
禁きん 止し 法ほう を 制せい 定てい する to enact a prohibition law
The government enacted a new prohibition law.
禁きん 止し 法ほう に 違い 反はん する to violate a prohibition law
The company was fined for violating the prohibition law.
Kanji 禁 prohibition, ban, forbid Related words 禁令 is a ban or order of prohibition, often used in historical or formal contexts, while 禁止法 specifically refers to a written statute that prohibits something.
法律 is the general word for any law, whereas 禁止法 denotes a law whose specific purpose is to forbid a particular act or item.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound of 禁止, meaning prohibition or banning, and 法, meaning law. The spelling transparently reflects the legal meaning, but no further historical derivation is implied here.
