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拘束 (こうそく): restriction, restraint — Japanese vocabulary

拘束 is read こうそく and means "restriction, restraint". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

拘束

Reading
こうそく · kousoku
Translation
restriction, restraint
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
こうそくが

Example

この決定は諸君全部を拘束するものではない。

このけっていはしょくんぜんぶをこうそくするものではない。

This decision is not binding on all of you.

Kanji in this word

  • 拘 — Arrest, Seize, Concerned
  • 束 — Bundle, Sheaf, Ream

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