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軟禁

軟禁

See also: 软禁

Chinese

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

Verb

軟禁

  1. to imprison
  2. to put someone under house arrest

Synonyms

  • (imprison): 囚禁 (qiújìn)
  • (put someone under house arrest): 幽禁 (yōujìn)

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

Noun

軟禁 (hiragana なんきん, romaji nankin)

  1. house arrest

Verb

軟禁する (hiragana なんきんする, romaji nankin suru)

  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. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9