Kanji
N2 13 strokes Grade 5 freq #681

prohibition, ban, forbid

On'yomi (音読み)

Radical (部首)

altar shimesu

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

prohibition; inhibition
lifting a ban; raising an embargo
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking
antitrust law; Antitrust Act
embargo
negative statute; law against something
confinement; imprisonment
house arrest
thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no
detention; custody

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to forbid; to ban
to forbid; to ban

Example sentences

Smoking on duty is not allowed.

Our school prohibits us from going to the movies alone.

The press ban on the case was removed yesterday.

I quit smoking two years ago.