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Meaning of 禁(きん) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 禁

Kana Reading きん

Romaji kin

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition

Example sentence

彼は一年近くもアルコール類を断っていたが、お正月の頃に禁を破ってまた元に戻ってしまった。 He had been dry for almost a year, but he fell off the wagon around New Year's Day.

Examples of 禁, きん in a sentence

彼は一年近くもアルコール類を断っていたが、お正月の頃に禁を破ってまた元に戻ってしまった。

He had been dry for almost a year, but he fell off the wagon around New Year's Day.

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Kanji in this word

禁 JLPT 2

13 strokes

prohibition, ban, forbid

On'Yomi: キン

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