軟禁

See also: 软禁

Chinese

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

Pronunciation


Verb

軟禁

  1. to imprison
  2. to put under house arrest

Synonyms

  • (to imprison):
  • (to put under house arrest): 幽禁 (yōujìn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
軟 禁
なん
Grade: S
きん
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) なんきん [nàńkíń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [nã̠ŋʲkʲĩɴ]

Noun

軟(なん)禁(きん) • (nankin) 

  1. house arrest

Verb

軟(なん)禁(きん)する • (nankin suru) suru (stem 軟(なん)禁(きん)し (nankin shi), past 軟(なん)禁(きん)した (nankin shita))

  1. put under house arrest
    彼(かれ)は自宅(じたく)に軟禁(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
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