国禁

国禁

Japanese

Kanji in this term
国	禁
こく > こっ Grade: 2	きん Grade: 5
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
國禁 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) こっきん [kòkkíń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞k̚ʲkʲĩɴ]

Noun

国(こっ)禁(きん) • (kokkin) ^{←こくきん (kokukin)?}

1. state ban (a ban or prohibition [of something] imposed by a state)

   国(こっ)禁(きん)の書(しょ)

   kokkin no sho

   a book banned by the state

   • 2006, Daimyōji Iwato, Nariakira ni kesareta otoko: Zusho Shōzaemon Hirosato [The man erased by Lord Nariakira: Zusho ‘Shōzaemon’ Hirosato], page 149:

     国(こっ)禁(きん)を犯(おか)したとなれば、薩(さつ)摩(ま)藩(はん)の立(た)つ瀬(せ)がなくなる。しかし、何(なん)とかせねばなるまい。どのように対(たい)処(しょ)するかを考(かんが)えてみよう。

     Kokkin o okashita to nareba, Satsuma-han no tatsuse ga nakunaru. Shikashi, nantoka seneba narumai. Dono yō ni taisho suru ka o kangaete miyō.

     If we violate the national prohibition, the Satsuma domain will lose standing. But I feel obliged to do something. Let us think about how to deal with the ban.

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN