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禁止 (きんし): prohibition, ban — Japanese vocabulary

禁止 is read きんし and means "prohibition, ban". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

禁止

Reading
きんし · kinshi
Translation
prohibition, ban
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
きんしが

Example

喫煙は絶対禁止。

きつえんはぜったいきんし。

Smoking is strictly prohibited.

Kanji in this word

  • 禁 — prohibition, forbid
  • 止 — stop

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