禁令(きんれい)

きんれい
noun
prohibition; ban; decree forbidding something
1. prohibition; ban; interdict; decree forbidding something
An official order or law prohibiting something. Can refer to both historical edicts and modern regulations. More formal and authoritative than simply 禁止.
禁令(きんれい)を出(だ)す。
To issue a ban.
禁令(きんれい)に違反(いはん)した者(もの)は処罰(しょばつ)された。
Those who violated the ban were punished.
江戸(えど)幕府(ばくふ)はキリスト教(きょう)に対(たい)する禁令(きんれい)を長期間(ちょうきかん)にわたって維持(いじ)した。
The Edo shogunate maintained the ban on Christianity for a long period.

USAGE:
A formal, authoritative word often used in historical or legal contexts. Frequently appears in discussions of historical bans and edicts, but also used for modern prohibitions.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 禁令(きんれい)を出(だ)す (to issue a ban)
  • 禁令(きんれい)を破(やぶ)る (to break a ban)
  • 禁令(きんれい)を解(と)く (to lift a ban)
  • 禁令(きんれい)に違反(いはん)する (to violate a ban)

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 禁止(きんし): prohibition — more general and modern
  • 法令(ほうれい): law/ordinance — broader, covering all types of legal orders
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