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    3. 女人禁制

    女人禁制

    女にょ人にん禁きん制せい

    prohibition on women entering (usu. for religious reasons)

    KMT10News #45+1NounCulture & TraditionsReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab26 strokes

    にょにんきんせいにょにんきんぜい

    Noun

    1.
    prohibition on women entering (usu. for religious reasons), no female admission
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    その山やまは女にょ人にん禁きん制せいだ。

    That mountain is off-limits to women.

    KMT9Culture & Traditions
    昔むかしの日に本ほんでは、特とく定ていの場ば所しょが女にょ人にん禁きん制せいとされていた。

    In old Japan, certain places were designated as women-forbidden.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsHistory
    時じ代だいとともに女にょ人にん禁きん制せいの慣しゅう習かんは薄うすれてきているが、一いち部ぶの伝でん統とう的てきな場ば所しょでは今いまも残のこっている。

    While the custom of prohibiting women has faded with time, it still remains in some traditional places.

    KMT10Culture & Traditions
    相すも撲うの土ど俵ひょうは女にょ人にん禁きん制せいの伝でん統とうがある。

    The sumo ring has a tradition of being off-limits to women.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsSports & Martial Arts
    宗しゅう教きょう的てきな理り由ゆうから、その寺じ院いんは女にょ人にん禁きん制せいの場ば所しょとして知しられている。

    For religious reasons, that temple is known as a place where women are forbidden.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    女
    おんな・め…(7)
    woman・female
    人
    ひと・-り・-と…(7)
    person
    禁
    prohibition・ban・forbid
    制
    system・law・rule
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