音読み: キン
訓読み: none *
画数: 13
部首: 示（しめす）
Meaning
Prohibit / Ban / Forbid / Restrict
- Basic forms
- 禁じる — to forbid; to prohibit / base form
- 禁じます — forbid; prohibit / masu form
- 禁じた — forbade; prohibited / ta form
- 禁じて — forbid and … / te form
- 禁じない — do not forbid / negative
- 禁じれば — if (one) forbids / conditional
- 禁じろ・禁じよ — forbid! / imperative
- Common expressions
- 立ち入りを禁じる — forbid entry
- 使用を禁じる — prohibit use
- 飲酒を禁じられている — alcohol is prohibited
- More
- 禁じられる — be forbidden / passive
- 禁じられている — is prohibited / state
禁じる（きんじる） is an ichidan verb formed from the on-yomi キン plus じる. It is not a traditional kun-reading verb, but a modern, commonly used verb meaning “to forbid” or “to prohibit,” often used in formal, legal, or rule-based contexts.
- 禁止 — prohibition
- 禁煙 — no smoking
- 禁酒 — prohibition of alcohol
- 厳禁 — strictly prohibited
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The character 禁 combines two 林 (forests) over 示 (altar), indicating a sacred area where entry was prohibited. Over time, it came to mean “ban” or “prohibit” more broadly in religious and legal settings.
この場所では 喫煙が 禁止されています。
Smoking is prohibited in this area.
先生は 試験中の 私語を 禁止した。
The teacher banned talking during the test.
禁止 — prohibition