国禁

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
こく > こっ
Grade: 2
きん
Grade: 5
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
國禁 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

(こっ)(きん) (kokkinこくきん (kokukin)?

  1. state ban (a ban or prohibition [of something] imposed by a state)
    (こっ)(きん)(しょ)
    kokkin no sho
    a book banned by the state
    • 2006, Daimyōji Iwato, Nariakira ni kesareta otoko: Zusho Shōzaemon Hirosato [The man erased by Lord Nariakira: Zusho ‘Shōzaemon’ Hirosato], page 149:
      (こっ)(きん)(おか)したとなれば、(さつ)()(はん)()()がなくなる。しかし、(なん)とかせねばなるまい。どのように(たい)(しょ)するかを(かんが)えてみよう。
      Kokkin o okashita to nareba, Satsuma-han no tatsuse ga nakunaru. Shikashi, nantoka seneba narumai. Dono yō ni taisho suru ka o kangaete miyō.
      If we violate the national prohibition, the Satsuma domain will lose standing. But I feel obliged to do something. Let us think about how to deal with the ban.

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN