謹きん慎しん

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

self-restraint; penitence; disciplining oneself

Voluntary or self-imposed restraint, often as a form of apology or reflection after a mistake. Can be used for personal conduct or public figures.

• 彼かれは失しつ言げんの責せき任にんを取とって謹きん慎しんしている。

  He is exercising self-restraint to take responsibility for his gaffe.

• 不ふ祥しょう事じを受うけて、社しゃ長ちょうは一いっヶか月げつの謹きん慎しんを自みずからに課かした。

  In response to the scandal, the president imposed a month of self-discipline on himself.

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

confinement; house arrest

Often used for disciplinary confinement to one's home, especially in historical or samurai contexts, but also in modern disciplinary actions.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、武ぶ士しは不ふ始し末まつの罰ばつとして謹きん慎しんを命めいじられた。

  In the Edo period, samurai were ordered into house arrest as punishment for misconduct.

• 彼かれは素そ行こう不ふ良りょうで一いっ週しゅう間かんの謹きん慎しんを言いい渡わたされた。

  He was given a week of confinement for bad behavior.

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

suspension (from work or school)

Formal disciplinary suspension, often used in compounds like 謹慎処分. Implies being ordered to stay away from regular duties.

See also: 謹慎処分

• 暴ぼう力りょく事じ件けんを起おこした生せい徒とは謹きん慎しん処しょ分ぶんを受うけた。

  The student who committed the violent act received a suspension.

• 彼かれは会かい社しゃから二に週しゅう間かんの謹きん慎しんを命めいじられた。

  He was ordered by the company to serve a two-week suspension.