閉へい門もん蟄ちっ居きょ

noun

house arrest; confinement at home

Historical term for a form of punishment in which a person was confined to their home, often with the gate closed. Used in Edo-period contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、武ぶ士しの刑けい罰ばつとして閉へい門もん蟄ちっ居きょが科かされることがあった。

  In the Edo period, samurai were sometimes sentenced to house arrest as a punishment.