軟禁

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See also: 软禁

Chinese

soft; flexible to prohibit; to forbid; endure
trad. (軟禁)
simp. (软禁)

Pronunciation


Verb

軟禁

  1. to imprison
  2. to put under house arrest

Synonyms

  • (to imprison):
  • (to put under house arrest): 幽禁 (yōujìn)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
なん
Grade: S
きん
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(なん)(きん) (nankin

  1. house arrest

Verb

(なん)(きん)する (nankin surusuru (stem (なん)(きん) (nankin shi), past (なん)(きん)した (nankin shita))

  1. put under house arrest
    (かれ)自宅(じたく)軟禁(なんきん)されている。
    Kare wa jitaku ni nankin sareteiru.
    He is under house arrest.

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN